The four unpleasant means to get #inflation under control:
1) Keep rising rates. 2) Getting rid of all (useless) Covid restrictions + NO more stimulus. 3) Peace in #Ukraine . 4) Running down the global balance sheet of #centralbanks .
(+ A revolution?)
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#inflation = excess (monetary) demand over supply.
You need to get demand down and/or supply up to get price pressures under control.
Current situation is an (insane) combo of stimulus and demand destruction. We, e.g., should do everything to grow energy production. 2/
We are at a situation, where #inflation expectations are becoming a problem. Firms are rising prices and workers demand higher salaries in expactation of fast inflation. 👉 The worst situation.
We also need a peace in #Ukraine and lifting most of the sanctions, asap, to stave off global energy, food, primary energy, banking and sovereign debt crises.
So, I've now used most of the day to read the news, blogs and rumors on #WagnerCoup . Here's my five cents.
The attempt was real supported, probably, by West-leaning Olicarchs. West at least knew that something is about to go down, and CIA, etc., may have played a role. 1/6
In Rostov, it became clear to #Prigozhin, and probably to Putin also, that the coup will be unsuccessful. Many Wagner troops were lured into the attempt by false premises (tends to happen in coups) and they turned back.
Local governors and people also sided with Putin. 2/
At this point there was no point of further bloodshed, and thus no need for a strong response.
As a last ditch effort, and to gain a bargaining chip, Prigozhin sent a small group to a speedy march to Moscow, while negotiations to de-escalate were commenced through Lukashenka. 3/
After being single for 3 1/2 years, and after meeting a lot of women, I have arrived to the conclusion that a vast majority of modern women are nothing more than an hindrance.
We should be talking about 'toxic femininity'. 1/8
I would give two 'diagnostic criteria' for a "toxic" woman:
1. She builds an attractive public profile to seek validation from other women and attention from men. 2. She uses 'ghosting', victimization, public outcries and accusations to deal with difficult emotional issues. 2/.
I would say that our out-going PM @MarinSanna is a prime example of this. She and her team have very skillfully build her image as a strong young woman striving to improve the world.
This is for the simple reason that we do not want to feed the panic or cause a bank run.
We are also naturally highly committed of bringing the most accurate and timely information to our clients, where our allegiance lay.
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That is why we will guide them through this crisis with the best of our ability, which starts from explaining what happened letting them know where their money is at highest risk.
Some comparisons between GFC 1.0 (2007-08) vs. GFC 2.0 (now).🧵
2006, July: The S&P Case-Shiller national home price index peaks and starts its long decline.
2021, April: U.S. CPI grows by a shocking 4.2% (Y-o-Y) starting its long acceleration and aggressive rate hikes.
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2007, 13 September: BBC reveals that the BoE has secretly given £21 billion liquidity support to mortgage lender Northern Rock leading to run on the bank the next day (first bank run in the U.K. since 1830).
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2022, 28 September: The BoE steps (back) in the gilts market to stop a massive margin call of British Pension funds.
Later that week the BoE notes that fire sales of the assets of the $3+ trillion industry were "few hours away".
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There are signs of escalation everywhere you look.
It seems that Russia used hypersonic missiles in its early-morning raid for the first time. Marked as retaliation, but could also be the beginning of new phase in #UkraineRussiaWar️ .
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Poland and others are sending more tanks, on which first ones should be in operation in Ukraine in this month. Bakhmut, on the other hand, is falling to Russian hands (to the Wagner group).
The war is not going as we in the west have been told. 2/
The buildup of Russian troops to Donbass region has been massive, according to many reports.
The reason for this is unclear, but large troop buildups rarely occur just as a "show of force".
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