Deleveraging is a Myth, Debt At Crisis Levels, Says Report

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Mark Melin
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The current economic malaise cannot be understood without analysis of debt dynamics, says a new report from the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies,The 16th Geneva Report on the World Economy. The peer reviewed study says the true situation with government and personal debt is not being told and certain overleveraged emerging economies – ones that generally avoided the 2008 market crisis – could be headed for a crisis. Global debt-to-GDP at break-neck pace The report, Titled “Deleveraging? What Deleveraging,” says that contrary to popular belief the world has not yet begun to deleverage.  Global debt-to-GDP is at break-neck pace,…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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