“The 2024 deficit will represent 7% of US gross domestic product while the 2034 deficit will be 6.9% of GDP,” the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) wrote in its latest report. This makes it easy: 7% over a decade roughly doubles the US debt. The CBO now projects this year’s deficit at $2 trillion, a …
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The European economy will die a slow death day by day – Unless something changes immediately
Europe’s economic underperformance has long worried politicians. But the problem has climbed to the top of the debate agenda now that the development gap with the US has widened, following the twin shocks of the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe faces a “mortal” threat …
EU: 50% of Energy in industry came from fossil fuels by 2022
Electricity at 33.3% and natural gas at 31.2% made up almost two-thirds (64.5%) of the final energy consumption of the EU industrial sector in 2022, according to data from to the public the European statistical agency Eurostat. The industry sector in the EU continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels, which accounted for just over …
The next financial crisis in Europe will start from France and Italy
In recent years, a new type of crisis has been dynamically emerging in Europe: a crisis of the European social and political model with profound consequences for fiscal and financial stability. France’s problem The big problem starts with exceeding the budget deficits in France and Italy, over 7% and over 5% for 2024 respectively. These …
The “bubble” of the Global Public Debt of 313 trillion dollar will cause an Economic shock
The skyrocketing global debt has become the main problem for the global economy – even if this is being hidden for obvious reasons by the global political elite and the systemic media. Public deficits for anyone with even the slightest understanding of the workings of the economy can neither act as reserves for the private …
FED – ECB: Inflationary landmine with interest rate cuts – Trump victory in the US is the key scenario
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) argued that a pick-up in rent inflation—the index rose unexpectedly sharply in January’s CPI—was due to a shift in the data series that could either mean that the change was a structural shift in values or indeed an error which could be fixed at a later stage. Conclusion; No …
How healthy is the Global Banking “system”?
Markets are still digesting the fallout from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the second largest bank failure in US history and the biggest collapse since the 2008 financial crisis, which was quickly followed by the collapse of New York’s Signature Bank, when suddenly what seemed to be just a problem of mid-sized American banks …
The Real-estate market in turmoil and how the EU & USA is hitting Growth
Investments in real estate are traditionally made with loans, the vast majority of which have a variable interest rate. Rising interest rates increase the cost of servicing loans and consequently reduce or eliminate the profit of the companies that own the properties. Already, internationally, the first effects are being observed, with many large companies that …
The ECB’s aggressive interest rate hike is causing problems for the EU
The ECB’s aggressive interest rate hike is causing problems for everyone in Europe. To citizens who are asked to pay a higher installment on their mortgage or consumer loan, to businesses that are raising the cost of servicing their loans, to states that see their existing bonds collapse, and even to public debt that, instead …
The EU puts an end to Virtual Companies
It is well known the practice of many taxpayers, natural and legal persons, to establish virtual companies (i.e. companies without physical presence and real economic activity) in countries with preferential tax status such as Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ireland, etc., in order to avoid the paying taxes in the country where the income actually arises. The European …