Oscillating wave pattern representing the boom-bust credit cycle

Business Cycle Phase Indicator

Composite Austrian signal built from yield curve shape, monetary aggregates, credit spreads, and commodity ratios.

Composite Business-Cycle Inputs

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Phase Reference

Expansion

Credit creation active, yield curve steepening, commodity prices rising.

Late Cycle

Yield curve flattening, credit spreads narrowing, speculative excess visible.

Crack-Up Boom Warning

Flight from currency into tangible assets. Gold backwardation appearing.

Contraction

Yield curve inverted, credit spreads widening, malinvestments being liquidated.

Liquidation

Capital being reallocated. Painful but necessary correction underway.