The Impressive Path Of Interest Rates From The 80s
Looking at a chart displaying the path followed by main interest rates in several economies, we realize how much the world in which we live has changed in 30 years There was a time in…
Japan
Japan: The New QE Will Be Massive
If you want to see something really weird in the coming months, just take a look at the Japanese bond market: the new super-intervention by the BOJ will be something you have never seen (original…
Lessons From 15 Years Of Japanese Deflation
European governments are lucky, they have a good example of what happens when an economy enters a deflation “moment” (can we call 15 years a “moment” ?) after a heavy economic crisis, why isn’t anyone…
Japan: How To Make GDP Go Crazy
Japanese GDP is going crazy: year-on-year, it grew by 6.1% in Q1 and it collapsed by 6.8% in Q2, how can this happen in such a mature economy ? It’s really quite easy to…
Google, Asian Telecoms To Build $300 Million Undersea Cable To Japan
As Reuters reports, Google is currently working on a $300 million undersea cable named “FASTER” connecting the US and Japan: internet is about to get a boost on the other side of the planet (guest…
Japan GDP Goes Even Higher
After the final revision on Q1, we can say that Japanese GDP has officially grown like in an emergent economy: this is crazy and, of course, we now expect Q2 GDP to be negative Apart…
Europe “Japanization” in One Chart
It’s not only a monetary problem, now Europe is dangerously walking on the path of demographic crisis, a path that has been killing Japan for 20 years in a slow and painful way (original publishing…