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Articles by Elisabeth Krecké
The AI build-out rests on hidden debt
Financing the AI buildout increasingly depends on debt that sits outside corporate balance sheets, spreading exposure beyond the technology sector. July 8, 2026: A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction in Vernon, California. Facilities of this scale are part of a global build-out that may require trillions of dollars in investment in the coming years.
The AI build-out rests on hidden debt
Financing the AI buildout increasingly depends on debt that sits outside corporate balance sheets, spreading exposure beyond the technology sector. July 8, 2026: A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction in Vernon, California. Facilities of this scale are part of a global build-out that may require trillions of dollars in investment in the coming years.
Europe’s ever closer disunion
Two decades into the European Union’s quest for economic integration, eurozone members seem more divided than ever.
Eurozone inflation policy may only deepen the crisis
As eurozone inflation plunges citizens into a cost-of-living crisis, the ECB is sticking to its policy of cheap credit and adding a new bad-debt incentive for reckless governments.
Nadchodzi katastrofa. Co jest nie tak z planem transformacji energetycznej Europy?
Trwa dramat Ukrainy, nadchodzi nowa recesja, rosną ceny energii, kryzys klimatyczny się nie zatrzymuje, światu grozi też głód Uniemożliwienie Kremlowi wykorzystania dostaw energii jako narzędzia szantażu stało się priorytetem UE Plan przygotowany przez Komisję Europejską ma uniezależnić Europę od rosyjskich paliw kopalnych, a jednocześnie przyspieszyć jej zieloną transformację Sęk w tym, że będzie to bardzo kosztowne dla krajów członkowskich i wymaga ich zgody Plan jest jednocześnie...
‘Repowering’ the European Union
The EU has set out on an ambitious path to cut energy dependence on Russia, but the plan has its own worrying pitfalls. × In a nutshell The new EU energy plan may divide member states Consumer demand will be difficult to reduce A need for raw materials will increase dependence on China Over two years into the pandemic, citizens of Europe face an uncertain future. A new recession looms, now alongside the threat of stagflation.
The euro area could be at risk of a new sovereign debt crisis
The eurozone’s debt is starting to haunt European Central Bank’s policymakers and leaders who recklessly increased public spending.
Piętnaście lat kryzysu w Europie. Czy kolejna dekada coś zmieni? [ANALIZA]
Od 2012 r. Europa zmaga się z zadłużeniem, inflacją, uchodźcami, problemami energetycznymi. Problemem ostatnich lat jest koronawirus i rosyjska inwazja w Ukrainie Wywołana przez Putina wojna doprowadziła do kolejnego kryzysu uchodźczego, który zada dotkliwy cios w gospodarkę Europy Czekają nas lata wysokiej inflacji i niskiego wzrostu gospodarczego Tekst publikujemy dzięki uprzejmości serwisu Geopolitical Intelligence Services .
Crises and their social costs in Europe
Over the past 15 years, Europe has lurched from one crisis to another, with no end in sight to this era of disruption. × In a nutshell Gloomy times lie ahead with war, debt, inflation, refugees, energy woes Europe is running out of monetary and fiscal options to help citizens The race to avert climate change may bring more economic stagnation A cascade of crises started in 2008 when the near-collapse of the international banking sector took the world by surprise.
Will the EU change the Stability and Growth Pact rules?
As inflation rears its head after a two-decade absence and the specter of sovereign defaults returns, the European Monetary Union seems determined to throw away its fiscal anchor. × In a nutshell Severe shocks have forced the EU to suspend fiscal rules The Commission’s projects add pressure to relax curbs A shift to qualitative rules could wreck fiscal discipline On May 23, 2020, the European Union suspended its fiscal rules.
Rethinking the link between demography and inflation
Two economists make a strong argument that inflation is tied to China’s demographics, implying that it could stick around for years to come. The size of the working age population in China is shrinking, putting pressure on global inflation, argue two economists.
What challenges face Europe after Angela Merkel? – GIS Reports
After 16 years, the Angela Merkel era is over. As German chancellor, she was able to leverage her country’s strong economy and make herself a sort of “Sun Queen” of Europe. Indeed, there are some uncanny similarities between the soon-to-be ex-chancellor and Louis XIV of France (1643-1715), the Sun King. It is undeniable that Ms. Merkel’s modest lifestyle differs drastically from the lavish one led by the French king, but there are striking resemblances in the way they implemented their policies.
Why we should worry about rising inflation – GIS Reports
Ernest Hemingway, the famous American writer, was a keen observer of society. In “Notes on the Next War,” he makes this striking observation: The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. Fear of inflation is spreading globally.
Why can’t Europe speak in a single voice? – GIS Reports
The EU has long struggled to unify its foreign policy Member states’ interests are irreconcilable European countries are reverting to bilateral relations The proponents of an ever closer union of European states regularly struggle to answer a simple question: why does the European Union not fulfill one of the fundamental tasks of a confederation, namely to jointly ensure the security of its members and their external representation?
The appropriate fiscal adjustments could boost recovery
Governments will be forced to either cut spending, increase taxes, or resort to some combination of the two read more about it in the report
Pursuing utopian goals at any cost is a recipe for disaster
In 1893, Anatole France wrote in The Opinions of Jerome Coignard about the French Revolution and its horrors: “The folly of the Revolution was to wish to establish virtue on earth. When one would make men good and wise, free, moderate, and liberal, one is led to the fatal desire of killing them all.” Liberte, Egalite and Fraternite became a pretext for mass murder. “Virtue” not only legitimized but also demanded denunciations and slaughter.
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