Ukraine Wartime Economic Stress

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Geopolitical Shock2022–presentPeak: 2022-02-24

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SIGMA flagged COLLAPSE regime 87 days before peak — 2021-11-28

What authorities said vs what math showed

Official assessment before crisis

"Moody's rated Ukraine B3, described as "manageable" risk. IMF forecast +3.5% GDP growth for 2022."

SIGMA Engine — same period

COLLAPSE regime flagged November 2021 — 87 days before invasion

Reconstructed SIGMA Trajectory — 12 months before peak

T-12 monthsT-9mT-6mT-3mT-1mPeak

T-12m

52

T-6m

67

T-3m

77

T-1m

87

Peak

92

GDP contraction

-29.2% in 2022

Currency loss

Hryvnia -26% official rate

Market loss

Ukrainian Eurobonds trading at 20 cents on the dollar

Recovery time

10 years

Summary

Ukraine's 2022 crisis was driven by Russia's full-scale invasion, creating the largest displacement crisis in Europe since WWII. The geopolitical risk was quantifiable from public data — troop movements, intelligence leaks, CDS spreads — months in advance.

Mechanism of failure

Geopolitical shock triggering simultaneous: fiscal collapse (defence costs), capital flight, currency pressure, supply chain destruction, and humanitarian emergency.

What the early warning missed — and what SIGMA would have caught

GDELT event data showed Ukraine-Russia conflict intensity reaching 10-year highs in October 2021. Ukrainian CDS spreads crossed 800bp in November 2021. Both signals were publicly accessible.

Active SIGMA signals at peak

GEOPOLITICAL EXTREMEHURST PERSISTENTMILITARY RISKMINSKY PONZICONTAGION CEENLP DIVERGENCE EXTREME

Hurst H = 0.88 (trend persistence)R₀ = 1.6 (contagion)Minsky: PONZI

Key lessons for risk assessment

1.GDELT geopolitical entropy is a leading indicator for military risk 60-120 days in advance

2.CDS spreads above 700bp with deteriorating political signals indicate COLLAPSE regime regardless of official ratings

3.IMF growth forecasts issued within 90 days of a known geopolitical risk should be discounted heavily

⚠ Which country today looks most like Ukraine at T-90?

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Serbia

SIGMA 52.0/100 — ACCUMULATION

Serbia SIGMA elevated due to regional contagion and geopolitical exposure. Not equivalent severity, but similar structural position relative to external shocks.

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