I intended to ask whether you had observed clues to the impending collapse. They are becoming difficult to ignore. Fuel/energy inflation appears to be the means employed to bring the hammer down.

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” Frank Zappa.