The overlords of money in the ECB Tower in Frankfurt are under enormous pressure! Over the past week, we have seen a whole series of statements from ECB representatives suggesting that they are determined to improve the eurozone's credit conditions and cut interest rates. The bloc is deep in recession and, according to ECB President Christin Lagarde, is losing around 250 billion euros in capital abroad. Interest rate differentials are crucial here and we know that the ECB is one of the biggest buyers of US government bonds in order to cap interest rates in the US. We are now witnessing a possible turnaround in interest rates in Japan. Inflation is picking up there and they are willing to let interest rates go up, which could reverse the carry trade between the yen and the euro. This would mercilessly expose the central planning policy of the Europeans and the damage it has caused. After years of negative interest rate policies, it is clear that the Eurozone's ideology-driven transformation policy is leading to an economic trap and was an attempt to keep the resource-poor continent in the game with resource-rich regions. The euro is backed by nothing but the moralism of the Davos climate religion.
Net Zero was intended for everyone else from the beginning and it was an attempt to manifest the fiat standard globally. The battle for collaterals such as gold, energy and Bitcoin as a transaction and settlement basis has only just begun. And the eurozone, with its hysterical sanctions policy towards Russia and its infantile arrogance and incompetence, has left the game for the time being. We are dealing here with ideologues and functionaries who have absolutely no understanding of economics and have no connection whatsoever to the reality of the economy. They will learn the hard way that a lack of competence cannot be replaced by moralism in the long term.
What now follows is clear as central planners always fall back on the same toolbox in the face of their crash: drastic yield curve control,capital controls, wealth taxation, suppression of freedom of expression and the fight against private property - and the CBDC as control money as soon as possible. And last but not least, the attempt to introduce the long demanded Eurobonds with the help of war bonds and to be able to deposit the European taxpayer as collateral. Hard times ahead for Europe.
67 sats \ 7 replies \ @mf 9 Mar
Nice short read.
I would only add that the current fiat economy is at it's EOL. It has been dragging for longer than what history can tell us, and I suspect all the main cards have been played. With or without CBDC, the only difference that it MIGHT make is that everyone will br thrown into extreme poverty, living of nanny food coupons.
Regardless, it looks a lot like all economies are reaching the rupture point at the same time (because they are all tied together), and whatever is being done is just one last gush of wealth extraction, after which most certainly everything will be disrupted and decentralized to the maximum. That's what I see happening at least.
Until then, keep stacking sats.
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yes, thank You, i agree. what would be the time frame in which all this plays out? i have no idea anymore, because people put up with the smallest state gifts, subsidies and manipulation by the press and continue to support the system
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I think that mentally/emotionally most are struggling to cope...
  1. People have tried fighting back, but each time, the Establishment play for time. (Eg Brexit).
  2. We know the West is in full on recession, which is hidden by money printing and dodgy gov stats, but there are no mainstream actors with the guts to say so which means many dint hear this.
  3. And the collapse of the public realm means day to day living is much harder, as basically nothing works properly.
  4. Add on lockdowns, inflation, access to healthcare, media propaganda and so on; life is actually significantly harder, and people are not coping...so it looks like most settle for scraps...
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I can see this happening a lot in Europe these days. And 99% don't find the power to break out of this vicious circle
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @mf 12 Mar
Hard to say. But european countries eyeballing msndatory conscription already for next year, along with the EU digital ID, if there is a significant exodus and they csnt collect enough to pay all the bills, all of it could very well blow up before we reach their magic 2030. That combined with more and more money flowing into BTC and out of the fiat rails, it looms like a perfect storm is brewing in every country sliding hard into police/totalitarian states. Feels like it will only take a little spark for this whole thing to go to space.
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Would you leave?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @mf 12 Mar
Leaving into btc should be everyone's plan and enough to be better than 99%. But with the option to get out of big cities and get a piece of land, even better.
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Good advice
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46 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 9 Mar
I don't think there will be a reverse in the carry trade, maybe just that the difference will be smaller and more normal. What I am worried is, will central banks really print new inflation with markets at all time highs? It all seems so out of place. Either a big crash is coming, or they will keep interest rates higher for longer than expected. but who knows
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it really looks as if they have completely derailed. it seems as if we are experiencing overlapping monetary effects as the Chinese, for example, are intervening massively with liquidity. the Europeans cannot wait much longer to see where inflation is if they want to prevent the collapse of public finances.
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