Unintended consequences of monetary inflation
“In short, the Fed is committed to rescue businesses from the greatest economic catastrophe since the great depression and probably even greater than that,…
The looming derivative crisis
The powerful forces of bank credit contraction are at the heart of a rapidly evolving financial crisis in global derivatives, whose gross value is…
The destructive force of bank credit
Commentators routinely confuse the deflationary effects of a contraction of bank credit with the inflationary effects of central bank policies designed to offset it….
Estimating the shape of the coming crisis
With a recession become increasingly certain and the end of the expansionary phase of the credit cycle in sight, we can expect a periodic…
Statistical misdirection
Economists who understand credit cycles expect the current cycle to enter its crisis stage at any moment. Furthermore, it combines with increasing trade tariffs…
150 years of bank credit expansion is near its end
The legal formalisation of the creation of bank credit commenced with England’s 1844 Bank Charter Act. It has led to a regular cycle of…
The Ghost of Failed Banks Returns
Last week’s failure in the US repo market might have had something to do with Deutsche Bank’s disposal of its prime brokerage to BNP,…
Inflationary financing and GDP
This article demonstrates that only government borrowing in the US and UK drives GDP growth. This surprising conclusion is confirmed by long-run statistics. GDP…
Inflationary financing and GDP
This article demonstrates that only government borrowing in the US and UK drives GDP growth. This surprising conclusion is confirmed by long-run statistics. GDP…
Deeply negative nominal rates are on their way
Growing evidence of a severe global recession is sure to provoke more aggressive monetary policies from central banks. They had hoped to have the…