Bankruptcies back to 2019 levels BUT rising 33% per year and Swedish krone falls 9.2% this year

Rising 33.5% next year means next year at 30,000 plus then massive acceleration in 2026!

In 2008, it peaked at 60,000 in Q4…

Swedish Krone falls 9.2% this year..

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Once Again XLE not ‘official’ bear yet BUT next year..(Q4 -10%)

XLE bear signal has arrived now ….4 weeks down and -10% (-13.5%)…

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American Tower -12% YoY, Rents keep falling and Layoffs at nonbank lenders

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Where does the crisis come from?

The Fed says no more than 2 drops next year 2025.

They said the same in 2023 about 2024 BUT had 4 drops.

So Fed is still concerned about inflation

BUT construction continues to fall and rising unemployment 2025 will create a big crisis in late 2025-all through 2026. M1 money supply indicates a drying up of liquidity for 2025.

So Fed becomes caught between a rock and a hard place.

Cant drop rates too quick BUT the economy-construction keeps falling and cant be stopped AND mortgage market money supply remains cut-off.

BUT gold shows the inflation cycle has rolled over…

AND XLE starting bear

In 2024, there were concerns of inflation from Jul-Oct. BUT Nov-Dec show a new bear cycle.

AND LASTLY THE FED CANT SAVE THE DAY…

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Europe Construction Employment Negative

Probably why ECB drops so aggressively…I would say Europe is 1 year ahead of US.

Output started down in Feb but unemployment was delayed for 2Q.

PMI not useful as it was too early by 2 years…

UK also negative this year YoY in October..

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Unemployment Claims Rise Again …Optimism fading

Continuing Claims keep push up…

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OEX signals bear market at end of year. Trend in December determines the next year. Trend is down.

In July 2021, OEX turned bearish and market started to turn bear in Jan 2022.

Likewise, OEX turned bearish in October 2024.

ABNB continues in bear market. Last year was +50% in December…now -12%…

Construction Bear Market 2024-

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M2 also rising from May

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Construction Jobs like Oct 2006…They never tell you the whole story. (Real Estate Home Housing…25% of GDP)

Since 1991 the economy has worked on loans-construction (as loans are huge now).

Many reported the mortgage market collapse in lending 2022 and 2023.

BUT that is only one of the dominoes. They never tell you the whole story of why recessions happen.

  1. Mortgage Market Fall -75% 2y……………………………………………….2022-2023
  2. Construction Downturn YoY -10%. ………………………………………..2024
  3. Construction Employment Down YoY. ……………………………………2025
  4. Delinquencies rise on all loans with construction unemployment..Q3 2025
  5. Banking Crisis and Credit Crunch.. …………………………………………2026.

These are the 5 key factors to a recession AND why we have not had one for 16 years!

Clearly construction jobs will stall in early 2025…

Mortgage market down 75% from peak BUT construction has continued that being they are way too optimistic in that business.

  1. Construction drops -10% in 2006
  2. Layoffs in construction start Jun-Jul 2007 and then only mildly
  3. BUT enough to cause loan delinquencies to rise > 2% by Q3 2007

SO next year 2025 begins the layoffs in construction and delinquency crisis.

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Interest Rate Differential 2025 USD-EUR

Based on 4 drops by Fed in 2025 and 8 drops by ECB…

This indicates a VERY STRONG USD in 2025.

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