Wednesday, October 7, 2015

7/10/15: Bubbles Troubles and IMF Spectacles


As was noted in the previous post (link here), IMF is quite rightly concerned with the extent of the global financial bubbles that have emerged in the wake of the years-long QE waves.

This chart shows the extent of over-valuation in sovereign debt markets:



















But the following charts show the potential impact of partial unwinding of the bubbles. First up: bonds:





















Then, equity:















Per IMF: “The scenario generates moderate to large output losses worldwide” as chart below shows changes in the output in 2017 under stress scenario compared to benign scenario:




















And here’s what happens to projected Government debt by 2018:



         Toasty!

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