Eurozone

16th April 2018 Nickolai Hubble

They all roll over, but who falls out?

Blowing up some portion of Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure changes everything. Or nothing, depending on who you ask. Don’t ask me. All I know is that we’re walking into whatever was planned for us. If Bashar al-Assad actually launched a…

6th March 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Escaping the currency snake

I had no idea how obviously bad the euro is. If you take a look at history, you realise the path to the common currency is littered with consistent failures. And after each warning, the Europeans pushed ahead with their…

20th February 2018 Nickolai Hubble

The crisis blame game ends in a tantrum

What if you’d treated your children exactly the same? No matter what crisis of confidence or overconfidence they faced, you encouraged them. No matter their academic abilities, you sent them all off to by nuclear physicists or sculptors. No matter…

19th February 2018 Nickolai Hubble

How to negotiate the Brexit trade agreement

Negotiations between the British government and the EU are hotting up. The new question is how many agreements they need to establish a trade agreement. If they can’t agree on this, there won’t be an agreement. Do you need an…

16th February 2018 Nickolai Hubble

4 March and the end of the euro

So far, Europe’s election season isn’t a complete disaster. But that could all change on 4 March. Because the Italian election could be the only election that matters. Italy’s financial situation is in tatters. The banking system has a bad…

1st February 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Alan Greenspan predicts the euro’s demise

Italy’s Target2 liabilities hit a new record in August. Then again in September, and November. And again in December. Each time, it made the news. And each time most people who read the headline had no clue what it meant….

23rd January 2018 Nickolai Hubble

The losers of globalisation are in the EU

Government shutdowns are practically tradition in the US. They never impact anything in the end. I think it’s some sort of deal between politicians and the media to manufacture some airtime. So let’s look at our neighbours on the other…

13th March 2017 Nickolai Hubble

How this rate cycle ends

It’s the beginning of a busy week. The Dutch elections are tomorrow. And both the Bank of England and Federal Reserve are due to announce their updated manipulation of interest rates on Wednesday. President Donald Trump is expected to send…

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