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With the economy in the doldrums, and a human tragedy unfolding in the country’s north, we can imagine the difficulties Japan’s leaders will have even talking about fiscal austerity programs ...
Japan’s government bond market is spinning out of control, and it’s dragging America into the mess. Volatility across Japanese government bonds has doubled in ...
James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Could Japan be the next victim of the crisis of faith in government bonds? Despite carrying public debt more than twice the ...
TOKYO Japan’s newly installed prime minister startled the nation on Friday by warning that it could face a financial crisis of Greek proportions if it does not tackle its colossal debt.
The only real way Japan can resolve its public debt problem would be for it to engage in serious ... consequence of precipitating a Japanese economic recession and a Japanese debt crisis.
The major central banks have pursued a “zero interest rate policy” known as ZIRP, since the financial crisis of 2008-2009. More than $10.5 trillion of artificial credit were created. Has this ...
What the August 2024 crypto crash revealed about global systemic risk . Crypto markets sold off sharply in August 2024 in response to global macro dislocation caused by Japan’s fiscal crisis ...
China’s debt problem is setting it up for a Japanese-style lost economic decade while Japan’s attempt to normalize interest rate policy risks another bout of extreme Japanese yen weakness.
Japan is today much better positioned to cope with the crisis afoot. Financial sector reforms undertaken under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi have left Japan’s banks with better liquidity than ...
Japan will coordinate with other creditors to resolve Sri Lanka's deepening financial crisis, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, urging all creditor nations to gather and discuss ...