22 april. HD ersättning till Bonnesen för rättegångskostnader. The Story of Money. Hans Bergström. ‘Buy the dip’ TACO

 

Högsta Domstolen ersättning till Bonnesen för rättegångskostnader.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/04/hogsta-domstolen-ersattning-till.html

EU:s miljardlån till Ukraina klart

90 miljarder euro

https://www.svd.se/a/y5leRK/eu-s-miljardlan-till-ukraina-kan-komma-redan-i-slutet-av-maj

Von der Leyen försöker genom att be för sin sjuka mor Ukraina skapa ett prejudikat för denna finansieringsmetod, som Sverige och andra länder varit emot.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/04/hungarians-sweep-away-orban-unlocks-20.html

Ukraine says it has resumed pumping Russian oil through a pipeline into Hungary and Slovakia, bringing to an end months of deadlock over a €90bn (£78bn) loan seen as vital European Union support for Kyiv.

Soon afterwards, EU ambassadors meeting in Cyprus gave preliminary approval to the loan, as well as a 20th package of sanctions on Russia, officials said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv8l99r3yyo

The Story of Money; Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth

Watch, listen and subscribe for free on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-story-of-money-gillian-tett-and.html

Americans are upset about the level of prices. 

That is, they’re not satisfied with inflation that’s down to 2 or 3 percent. 

And because that isn’t happening (and basically can’t happen, but the public doesn’t know that), Americans are angry.

Paul Krugman 22 April 2026

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/02/donald-trump-ar-inte-popular-bland.html

https://www.di.se/live/uppgifter-trump-ger-iran-tre-till-fem-dagar-sen-ar-vapenvilan-slut/

Hans Bergström Ett Sverige som försvann - min uppväxt på 50-talet

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/04/hans-bergstrom-ett-sverige-som-forsvann.html

Which Private-Credit Funds Believe Their Own Balance Sheets?

Many publicly traded private-credit funds say their assets are worth more than the market is willing to pay. 

If they really believe that, they should be aggressively buying back their shares.

An announcement alone doesn’t obligate a fund to follow through with repurchases. Even if a fund does buy back shares, it doesn’t necessarily make the stock a buy for everyday investors. 

However, if the fund is trading at a deep discount, the absence of buybacks should be viewed as a red flag that strongly suggests the NAV is overstated. 

If the fund won’t buy its own stock at a big discount, investors probably shouldn’t either.

Jonathan Weil Wall Street Journal April 22, 2026 

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/a-moment-of-truth-which-private-credit-funds-believe-their-own-balance-sheets-b40f5cdd

Tehran’s proxy forces in Iraq have emerged as a potent threat.

These are the powerful Iraqi militias that helped to defeat the Islamic State in the mid-2010s after the group captured Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, in 2014. 

Today, those same militias have mounted sophisticated attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq and on civilian and energy infrastructure inside America’s closest allies in the war, such as Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. 

According to The Wall Street Journal, the militias are responsible for drone attacks on the Kuwaiti consulate in Basra and the Emirati consulate in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Eli Lake The Free Press 22 April 2026

https://www.thefp.com/p/irans-secret-weapon-is-in-iraq

At its height, Islamic State held about a third of Syria and 40 per cent of Iraq

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2024/03/ryssland-och-islamic-state-at-its.html

Dagen innan

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/04/21-april-birgitte-bonnesen-frias-av.html