The day the machines went offStudent's nameCourse name and numberInstructor's nameDate submittedAbstractThis paper is focused on trying to explain what would happen when electromagnetic pulse causes the shutdown of all electronic equipment and financial activity all over the world to come to halt. The paper tries to explain the immediate effects of this to the state employment, demand for paper money, demand for commodity money, production of goods and services and any measures that would be put in place in trying to run the economy without the banking system.Keywords: economy, shutdown, electromagnetic pulse.AnalysisA massive solar storm has occurred all over the world. The super solar flare is accompanied by an electromagnetic pulse that has crashed all the electronic equipment, communication networks and financial activity has come to a standstill. The economy has collapsed and the world on its knees. Major cities are experiencing chaos, people are starving and the death rate has tripled.How the four functions of money would be missed.As a medium of exchange. The role of money of money in transactions will no longer be there. This is due to the fact that, most of the people who will be