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Britain is fundamentally broken. Inflation will soar this winter, everyone will be poor, and to top things off, it'll be cold, dark, wet, and depressing just like every other British winter. Proper Eeyore vibes 👇

And the sell-side analysts are piling on, all trying to outdo each other with the most outlandish worst-case scenarios. 👇

Key point there from Goldman Sachs: "if gas prices remain at their current levels"

Should we really just presume that they will? Those same gas prices that are up by over 600% since last July?

Those same prices that every analyst and talking head says will destroy the British economy completely? Those same prices that make hibernation or death more viable than just existing? Those prices?

Nope. It makes absolutely no sense to use the prices of fundamentally broken markets to gauge expectations about the future of energy prices, let alone the economy.

Nope. These markets tell us next to nothing about the prices that will actually be paid. We asked* Britain's next Prime Minister Liz Truss (TBC, but she'll win) what she thought.

So, the current price signal's useless and government intervention is coming.

Intervention isn't usually anything to cheer, but when things break, it's inevitable.

Just as congress and the Fed intervened when all confidence disappeared from financial markets in 2008, European governments will intervene now to restore confidence to energy markets.

After the 5th September vote, the UK will have a new PM. On the 9th September, EU energy ministers are meeting to discuss a number of proposals.

The Czech industry minister's comments laid out the thinking yesterday. Bullet points here via the excellent Newsquawk 👇

• Says energy markets have frozen and must be fixed.

• Says we have to separate gas prices and electricity prices.

• One proposal is to cap price of gas used for electricity production; another solution is market interventions to avoid market malfunction.

• Says at current gas price, electricity should cost around EUR 600/MWH, adds that there has been decoupling.

• Says he is not talking about returning prices to original level, but to restart functionality of systems, and safeguard the operations of economies.

• Says main aim now is pushing prices down to bearable levels for the European industry.

Spain plans to propose their model according to El Pais/BBG.

Why should the UK care what happens in the EU?

Because UK/EU energy markets are highly interconnected. Even though the UK produces around half of its gas domestically and another third comes from Norway, events across the pond impact the entire European energy market, including Britain.

Within the next couple of weeks, plans will start to take shape and the extremes of uncertainty can be priced out of the power markets. A step in the right direction.

Britain's Still Broken Since Brexit

Maybe not. 👇

The author is pro-Brexit, but that doesn't mean he's wrong. Most interesting is that the article is centred around research by a Brexit critic, and author of this opinion piece just nine months ago 👇

The full paper's here. The short version 👇

Clearly, the future will not be without challenges, but anyone thinking that Britain's future is as bleak as recently portrayed isn't looking hard enough.

Too soon to long GBP? Although the introduction of a new PM, energy stability and a clearer vision for the future might be enough to generate that rarest of British commodities: Optimism.

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