2022 global military budgets hit an all-time high of $2.2 trillion
When you combine the military budgets of the US and China, it surpasses the combined budgets of all other countries in the world! By Genuine Impact / Chris Quinn
After hitting a 16-year low against the U.S. Dollar, China's currency had its biggest gain in almost 3 weeks after the country issued a warning not to bet against its currency
Source: Barchart, FT
Median US home prices are now contracting at a level only seen 2 times in the last 60 years:
- 1970 - 2008 Both ended in severe recessions Source: FRED, Game of Trades
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The credit default swap (CDS) prices for the US rose sharply during the small banks crisis back in spring, and then went down as the crisis subsided quickly. These prices have been rising steadily since early summer. US CDS are now above Spain, which is considered a higher risk country from a sovereign credit risk perspective. Source: Bloomberg
U.S. interest payments equal military spending for the first time in 3 decades (~1.9 Trillion combined)
Source: Barchart, FRED
One of the reasons we are not in recession yet. Despite rate hikes US corporate net interest payments are going down so far👇
Source: Michel A. Arouet
Over 80% of all US money created (US Dollars printed) took place between 2020 and 2023
Source: Win Smart
The sp500 P/E ratio used to be tightly correlated to the US 2 year yield (inverted on the chart), i.e the lower the 2 year yield, the higher the P/E ratio and vice versa
Well, this is no longer the case as a giant crocodile jaw has been forming. Which of the 2 will bind firts? Source. Jeroen Blokland, True Insights
