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And The Person Responsible For Japan’s Economic Endgame Is… Paul Krugman | Zero Hedge
And The Person Responsible For Japan’s Economic Endgame Is… Paul Krugman | Zero Hedge. There are two words that should strike fear in the hearts of any rational-thinking citizen of the world – Paul Krugman. Wondering why? As Alhambra’s Jeff Snider notes, we already know of at least one respect where Krugman (as a stand-in at […]
Why Japan’s Money Printing Madness Matters | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
Why Japan’s Money Printing Madness Matters | David Stockman’s Contra Corner. This is getting hard to believe. The announcement that Japan has plunged into a triple dip recession should have been lights out for Abenomics. But, no, its madman prime minister has now called a snap election to enlist more public support for his campaign to destroy what remains of […]
Bank Of Japan Warns Abe Over “Fiscal Responsibility” While Monetizing All Its Debt | Zero Hedge
Bank Of Japan Warns Abe Over “Fiscal Responsibility” While Monetizing All Its Debt | Zero Hedge. If one were to look up the definition of hypocrisy, the image of BoJ head Kuroda should be front-and-center. Having tripled-down on his money-printing and ETF-buying largesse just last week, he came out swinging last night at the government’s fiscal […]
3 Of The 10 Largest Economies In The World Have Already Fallen Into Recession – Is The U.S. Next?
3 Of The 10 Largest Economies In The World Have Already Fallen Into Recession – Is The U.S. Next?. Are you waiting for the next major wave of the global economic collapse to strike? Well, you might want to start paying attention again. Three of the ten largest economies on the planet have already fallen […]
Japan Is Dying And We Still Don’t Get It?! – The Automatic Earth
Japan Is Dying And We Still Don’t Get It?! – The Automatic Earth. What is it with us? Don’t we WANT to understand? Japan announced on Monday that its economy is in hopeless trouble and back in recession (as if it was ever out). And what do we see? ‘Experts’ and reporters clamoring for more […]
Japan’s Last Stand – Portent Of Keynesian Collapse | Zero Hedge
Japan’s Last Stand – Portent Of Keynesian Collapse | Zero Hedge. Abenomics ‘hope’ and ‘reality’ explained by Diapason Commodities’ Sean Corrigan – do you believe in miracles? After last night’s Japanese GDP print, hope is all that is left (dripping with sarcasm) So, if the BOJ can just move prices up for long enough, people will start to […]
The Desperate Suicide of Competitive Devaluation….. | Zero Hedge
The Desperate Suicide of Competitive Devaluation….. | Zero Hedge. The zero sum game of competitive global currency devaluations is on like Donkey Kong. Anyone still sleeping comfortably, confident that all will end well, best brace themselves for a resounding wake up call. Be alarmed, Japan just jacked the joint, and the jerry rigged monetary jig […]
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: It’s Not Just Japan That’s Failed; The “Asian Miracle” Model Has Also Failed
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: It’s Not Just Japan That’s Failed; The “Asian Miracle” Model Has Also Failed. The inevitable result of the centrally planned Asian Miracle Model is credit bubbles and the crippling misallocation of capital in Building Bridges to Nowhere. Japan’s extraordinary rise from the ashes of World War II created an “Asian Miracle” template […]
Hato No Naka No Neko (ハトの中の猫) | Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Investment Newsletter | Mauldin Economics
Hato No Naka No Neko (ハトの中の猫) | Things That Make You Go Hmmm… Investment Newsletter | Mauldin Economics. Last week, appropriately enough on Halloween, the Bank of Japan did something truly scary. As shocks go, this one — though it had been fairly well-telegraphed to the markets that something wicked this way might be coming — was […]
Saxobank CIO Warns We’re About To See A Full-Scale Currency War | Zero Hedge
Saxobank CIO Warns We’re About To See A Full-Scale Currency War | Zero Hedge. There’s increasing risk we’ll soon see a “significant paradigm shift” from China in its attitude to the strength of its currency, warns Saxobank CIO and Chief Economist Steen Jakobsen. He says we’re about to see a full-scale currency war, notably between […]
Japan Expands, Extends Oil Storage Lease Contract With Abu Dhabi – Bloomberg
Japan Expands, Extends Oil Storage Lease Contract With Abu Dhabi – Bloomberg. Japan expanded and extended for three years a lease that allows Abu Dhabi to store crude oil in the Asian country. Abu Dhabi’s leased capacity at the Kiire terminal in Kagoshima prefecture, in southwestern Japan, will rise to 1 million kiloliters (6.3 million barrels), […]
Gold, Yen, Central Banks and the Endgame | SurlyTrader
Gold, Yen, Central Banks and the Endgame | SurlyTrader. Japan is frantically trying to stop its deflationary trap and its immense debt burden. The population is aging and prospects look dire. On Halloween (great timing) the Bank of Japan threw the kitchen sink at the problem by announcing that they would increase their QE from ¥60-70 […]
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: Anatomy of a Failing State: Japan’s Budgetary Nightmare
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: Anatomy of a Failing State: Japan’s Budgetary Nightmare. Once the global economy rolls over into contraction, the tide will recede and Japan’s fiscal and monetary bankruptcy will become painfully apparent. What do you get after 25 years of stagnation and Keynesian Cargo Cult monetary stimulus? A failing state, that’s what. The intellectually bankrupt […]
It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot
It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot. This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist. In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically increased the size of the […]
