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What's coming Is WORSE Than the 1929 and 2008 Yield Curve Inversions... | Economy Strategist | YouTubeToText
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The financial system is issuing a severe warning through a yield curve inversion, an indicator that has historically preceded major economic disasters, and the current inversion is deeper and longer than ever before, suggesting a potentially catastrophic global economic event is imminent due to unprecedented levels of debt and risk.
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Have you ever wondered what it would
look like if the financial system tried
to warn us before it broke? Because
right now it is screaming. There's a
signal that has appeared before almost
every economic disaster of the past
century. A signal that flashed before
the Great Depression, before the dotcom
collapse, before the global financial
crisis, and it's flashing again today.
It's called the yield curve inversion. A
simple yet terrifying indicator that has
predicted every major recession for the
last h 100red years. But this time, the
inversion is not normal. It's deeper,
longer, and more extreme than anything
we've seen before. It's showing us that
what's coming might not just echo 1929
or 2008.
It could be far worse because this time
the entire global economy is built on
more debt, more risk, and more illusion
than ever before. So stay until the end
to understand what's happening. Leave a
like and let's start to understand why
this signal matters. We need to go back
in time all the way to the late 1920s.
The world was dancing to the sound of
endless optimism. The stock market was
booming. People were buying everything
on credit and headlines were filled with
words like new era and permanent prosperity.
prosperity.
Yet quietly in the background something
shifted. In 1928, the yield curve
inverted. Short-term interest rates
suddenly rose above long-term ones,
which basically meant that investors
were demanding higher returns to lend
for a few months than for several years.
That's backwards. It's like charging
someone more interest for a 1-month loan
than for a 10-year one. And when that
happens, it means money is getting
tight, liquidity is drying up, and the
financial system is bracing for impact.
People ignored it. Stocks kept climbing
for nearly 2 years after that inversion.
The market gained almost 50% while the
warning light kept flashing. Everyone
thought it was different this time. But
by 1929, the dream ended. The Dow Jones
collapsed by 80%. Unemployment soared to
24%. And an entire generation learned
what happens when you ignore the
signals. Fast forward to the early
2000s. The world was once again
confident. The internet had changed
everything. Technology stocks were
soaring and the economy looked
unstoppable. But in 2000, the yield
curve flipped again. And just months
later, the bubble burst. Then it
happened once more in 2006. This time
before the housing crash. The curve
inverted, warning that the financial
system was under stress, but the market
still rallied for another year and a
half. The economy looked strong.
Unemployment stayed low. The Federal
Reserve kept raising rates. People said
it's not the same as before. And then in
2008, the entire world fell into chaos.
Banks collapsed. Homes were lost.
Trillions of dollars evaporated. And
once again, that single line on a chart
had predicted it all. Now look at where
we are today. In August 2022, the yield
curve inverted again. And it hasn't just
inverted. It has plunged to depths that
match and in some ways exceed both 1929
and 2008. It has stayed inverted for
longer than anyone alive has ever seen.
Yet, just like before every major crash,
the surface looks calm. Stocks are
rallying. Unemployment is near record
lows. The economy still appears strong.
People look at the markets and think,
"See, everything's fine." But that's the
same illusion we always fall for. The
calm before the storm. The false
confidence that comes right before the
breaking point. Because when the yield
curve stays inverted for this long, it's
not a false signal. It's the sound of
pressure building. The moment before
something snaps. Back in the 1970s,
yield curve inversions led to recessions
almost instantly. The moment the curve
flipped, the economy cracked. In 1973,
oil prices exploded from $3 to 10 in
just a few months. Consumers panicked,
spending collapsed, and the recession
hit hard and fast. The same thing
happened in 1979.
The signal appeared, and within months,
the economy was in crisis. But today,
things have been strangely different.
When oil prices spiked in 2022 because
of the war in Ukraine, the world braced
for another 1970s style crash. And it
never came.
Why? Because consumers still had more
than $2.5 trillion in extra savings left
over from the pandemic stimulus. That
cushion acted like armor, hiding the
damage underneath. People kept spending,
businesses kept hiring, and it looked
like the economy was invincible. But
those savings are disappearing now.
Credit cards are full, delinquencies are
rising, and that invisible shield
protecting the system is fading fast.
When it's gone, the real impact will
begin. The danger isn't just the
inversion itself. It's what it
represents. Think of the yield curve as
a map of time. Normally, investors
expect higher returns for lending money
longer because the future is uncertain.
But when they start demanding higher
rates for lending short-term, it means
they're terrified of what's right in
front of them. They would rather lock up
their money for 10 years than lend it
for 6 months. That's how deep the fear
runs. And the deeper that inversion
goes, the worse the crash that tends to
follow. In every single case from 1929
to 2008, the depth of the inversion
predicted the depth of the recession.
Shallow inversions led to mild
slowdowns. Deep ones destroyed
economies. Today's inversion is one of
the deepest ever recorded. That's why
this moment isn't like any other. Right
now, investors and analysts are
repeating the same lines we've heard for
a century. They say, "The system is
different now. The data is strong. The
models don't apply anymore." But the
truth is, human nature hasn't changed.
In 1929, people believed technology had
made crashes impossible.
In 2006, they believed housing prices
could only rise. And in 2024, people
believe artificial intelligence will
keep the economy alive forever. Every
generation has its fantasy, its reason
to ignore the signal. And every time
reality wins. Here's what's even more
disturbing. The last time the yield
curve was this inverted, the world
wasn't drowning in debt like it is
today. Back in 1929,
household debt was small compared to
now. In 2008, it was mostly housing
related. But today, it's everywhere.
Mortgages, student loans, auto loans,
credit cards, and record-breaking
government deficits. The entire system
is built on borrowed money. And that
means when the cost of borrowing stays
high, something will eventually break.
It's not a question of if, only when. A
family that borrows too much eventually
has to stop spending. A business that
refinances at double the rate eventually
has to fire workers. A government that
owes more than it earns has to print or
default. It's math, not speculation. And
the yield curve is showing us the point
where that math stops working. Just a
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people look at the markets and say, "But
stocks are going up, so how can we be
close to a crash?" The answer is simple.
That's what always happens right before
the fall. In 1928, the market rose for
almost 2 years after the warning. In
2006, stocks hit new highs even as the
inversion deepened. The longer the
delay, the bigger the eventual
correction. Because the delay gives
people false hope, it convinces them the
risk is gone. They double down, borrow
more, and fuel the very collapse that's
waiting ahead. That's the psychological
trap we're in right now. The longer this
illusion of strength lasts, the more
catastrophic the ending will be. We've
already seen cracks forming. Corporate
bankruptcies are rising. Consumer
delinquencies are quietly increasing.
The cost of financing debt has doubled
for small businesses. And while
headlines celebrate strong jobs data,
behind the numbers, full-time employment
is shrinking. While part-time and
multiple job workers rise, it's the same
pattern that appeared before every past
crisis. Strength on paper, weakness
underneath. And history tells us what
comes next. The yield curve isn't just a
line on a chart. It's the voice of the
economy whispering the truth before
anyone wants to hear it. It's saying
that something fundamental is wrong. The
bond market, the most conservative,
cautious part of the financial world, is
preparing for pain while everyone else
is pretending not to see it. And that's
what makes this moment so dangerous. The
calm is the illusion. The panic comes
later and it comes fast. If we trace the
pattern, the 1928 inversion led to a
crash about 17 months later. The 2006
inversion led to one 16 months later.
And if history repeats, that window
would place the danger zone right now.
The setup is nearly identical. Low
unemployment, high optimism, and a stock
market that refuses to believe in
gravity. In both of those times, people
thought the inversion had failed because
nothing happened right away. But when
the breaking point came, it hit like an
avalanche. The same could happen again.
And this time, the impact might be
global. Because the world is now more
connected, more leveraged, and more
fragile than it has ever been. Banks,
governments, and corporations are all
tied together by the same debt web. One
major default, one liquidity freeze, one
unexpected event. And the shock spreads
everywhere. It won't just be a stock
market correction. It could be a
structural reset of how money itself
works. And the yield curve, quietly
inverted, is already foreshadowing that
transformation. What happens next will
depend on how long this illusion of
strength lasts. The longer it holds, the
more violent the release will be.
History has never seen a soft landing
from a yield curve. Inversion this deep.
Never. And that's why pretending it's
different now is perhaps the greatest
mistake of all. The deeper the silence,
the louder the crash. So what can we do?
The answer is not fear. It's awareness.
The yield curve doesn't tell us to
panic. It tells us to prepare, to see
through the illusion before everyone
else does. Because when the system
finally gives in, those who understand
the signal will be ready. They won't be
the ones trapped in denial. They'll be
the ones standing clear of the wreckage
while the rest of the world wonders how
it all happened so fast. What's coming
is not just another recession. It's the
unwinding of years of excess, leverage,
and false confidence. It will shake
governments, companies, and investors
who thought they could outsmart history.
But in every collapse, there's also
rebirth. The Great Depression eventually
built the modern financial system. The
2008 crisis reshaped global banking and
whatever comes next will do the same. It
will hurt, yes, but it will also clear
what was rotten.
The yield curve is warning us just like
it always has. It's saying the system
has gone too far, that pressure is
reaching its limit, and that pretending
otherwise won't change what's coming.
Every calm before a storm feels peaceful
until the first thunder cracks. And when
it does, people say they never saw it
coming. Even though the signal was right
there all along, this time you can see
it. You can feel it. The yield curve
doesn't lie. What's coming will not just
repeat history. It may rewrite it
entirely. And nobody talks about it.
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