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May
04
2020

The Next Financial Crisis: A Global Debt Bomb Is Being Primed to Go Off
Nathan McDonald

Central bankers and governments around the world are attempting to stem the economic disaster resulting from lock-downs caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, which to this date has brought about one of the most prolific expansions of debt the world has ever seen.

Individual countries have engaged in such money expansions in the past, most notably when they are circling down the drain towards economic ruin. However, never before have we seen the entire world engage in a massive fiat money-printing fiesta all at once in such a voracious manner.

Even though this may be the correct course of action to help stop the spread of COVID-19, it will come with dire consequences down the road in the form of wealth destruction on a monstrous scale for those who do not prepare accordingly and protect themselves from the coming fallout.

The day of this collapse is unknown, as it will take some time for the historic fiat money expansion to work its way through the system. At the current time of writing, spending across the globe has taken a massive nosedive due to people losing significant income and not being able to engage in everyday normal life activities.

This, however, will eventually change and life will return to normal, even if it is a “new normal”. Spending will resume, life will go on, and sadly the debt that was accumulated by so many countries around the world will remain like a bad scar reminding us of this crisis.

A Debt Bomb is Being Set, But When Will it Go Off?

Unfortunately, the grim reality is that we are—at the very least— months away from this crisis being over, as most medical experts now agree that we are almost certainly guaranteed to have a second wave in the fall of this year.

This means that countries will be forced to engage in more Quantitative Easing, more money printing, and more debt accumulation.

(Source, commodity.com/debt-clock)

The above image shows the current estimated world debt level of governments. What is truly scary is that if you click that image above, it will take you to the updated numbers, which are drastically increasing with each and every passing second—meaning that the picture you see above is already horribly out of date.

The most indebted of these countries is Japan, with approximately $9,814,408,995,324 USD worth of debt. However, they are far from alone, with the following countries suffering from the worst debt to GDP levels:

• Japan 236
• Greece 191.4
• Sudan 176.5
• Venezuela 163
• Lebanon 157.4
• Italy 129.8
• Eritrea 129.5
• Barbados 128.8
• Yemen 128.3
• Cabo Verde 124.8

In addition to this, the longer this crisis goes on in its current form, the longer a large percentage of the population will be forced out of work, living off the meager handouts that government officials throw at them, which is often barely enough to get by.

A Double Whammy: Supply Chain Shortages

Compounding the problem is the fact that shortages will become increasingly more commonplace the longer this situation remains, with food shortages in many industries already happening as we speak.

Both American and Canadian meat processing facilities are reporting issues and are warning of coming shortages, as are farmers on both sides of the border.

Time Magazine reports:

“It’s hard, after all, to protect workers from a highly contagious virus in the frequently tight quarters of a processing plant. At least 20 meatpackers have already died from COVID-19, and more than 5,000 have been hospitalized or are showing symptoms, according to labor union United Food and Commercial Workers.”

This is going to cause a chain reaction in the food industry, resulting in higher prices down the line at the same time people are suffering financially, a true double whammy on the pocket book.

A debt bomb of epic proportions is thus being set, and it is only going to grow more explosive as time goes on. The question is, when does it go off and are you going to be prepared when it does?

Stay safe and keep stacking.

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Nathan McDonald is a libertarian, entrepreneur and precious metals enthusiast. He has always taken a keen interest in free markets and economics since an early age, which naturally led him to become a true believer in precious metals and all that they stand for.

Nathan served eight years in the Royal Canadian Navy as an electronics technician, seeing the true state of the world, before starting his first successful business. He has since gone on to create a number of businesses, all of which are still in operation and growing.

In addition to this, Nathan runs a network of successful precious metals blogs, and a growing newsletter that has attracted readers from all around the world. He is a regular and highlighted writer for the highly respected Sprott Money Blog, which covers world events, geopolitics and of course precious metals.

 

  

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