Japan’s Not Really A Domino, Though The Timing Is Right
byBy Jeffrey P. Snider This year is just different. Increasingly so. Not just in one or two places, either, but in way too many places….
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David Stockman: What Comes Next——Krugman’s Fiscal Equivalent Of War
bySomebody must have reinstated Paul Krugman’s passport. He was recently back in Japan to meet with the world’s leading economy-wrecking triumvirate —-Prime Minister Abe, BOJ Governor Kuroda…
Zero Hedge: Sudden Plunge In Japanese Government Bonds Triggers Circuit Breaker, Halts Market For 30 Seconds
byIt was just yesterday when we observed the record collapse across the Japanese curve when first the 10Y JGB plunged to an all time…
Why did Japanese NIRP cause such surprise in the currency market and is it more dangerous?
byThe Bank of Japan announcement of NIRP sent shock waves through currency markets The Yen has strengthened on capital repatriation since the BoJ move…
The Japanese Deflation Myth and the Yen’s Slump
by[Editor’s Note: this piece, by Brendan Brown, first appeared at mises.org last year] The slide of the yen since late summer has brought it…
Rethinking Japan’s “Lost Decades”
by[This article, by Peter St. Onge, first appeared at mises.org] One of the great economic myths of our time is Japan’s “lost decades.”…
Keynesian madness: central banks waging war on price stability, savers
by[Editor’s note: This article also appears on Detlev Schlichter’s blog here. It is reproduced with kind permission and should NOT be taken to be…
Japan’s easy money tsunami
byThe Bank of Japan has embarked on one of the most inflationary policies ever undertaken. Pledging to inject $1.4 trillion dollars into the economy over the…
Are central bankers losing control?
byThe last couple of weeks have been very interesting. Remember that, certain regional differences aside, Japan has, for the past two-plus decades, been the…
Is Japan heading for another lost decade?
byRecently various commentators have been warning the Euro-zone to boost its stimulus policies in order to avoid a Japanese-style lost decade. By this they…