With a national debt more than twice the size of its economy, Japan is faced with rethinking its decades-long practice of using public money to affect social policy and keep the economy afloat.
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SPOTLIGHT: CRISIS IN THE BOND MARKET
The results of Japan’s 20 May ¥1-trillion bond auction was “dismal,” according to the Financial Times, with so few takers that the yield on long-dated bonds climbed to record heights.
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ASIAN DEFENSE COMPANIES SEE WINDFALL FROM EUROPE’S MILITARIZATION
Defense contractors in Asia stand to benefit from new contracts from European countries who look to bolster their militaries and turn away from relying on the U.S. to produce their weapons.
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INVESTORS BAIL OUT OF JAPANESE “CARRY TRADES”
The rising value of Japan’s yen currency is sending investors fleeing from an estimated $500 billion in “carry trades” that had been reliably profitable before the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its interest rate last week and strengthened the yen.
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GLOBAL MANUFACTURING SHOWED MIXED RESULTS IN JUNE
Europe’s manufacturing activity stumbled in June, with the Hamburg Commerce Bank’s purchasing managers index (PMI) for the region sinking to 45.8 after notching 47.3 in May.
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SPOTLIGHT: JAPAN’S ECONOMY IN FLUX
Japan’s central bank intervened in markets last week for a second time, buying $23 billion worth of yen to prop up the country’s sinking currency, Bloomberg reported after analyzing the bank’s current account figures.
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JAPAN’S CONSUMER SPENDING DOWN FOR 11TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH
Japanese household spending sank by 6.3 percent in January, year on year, the largest monthly slide since February 2021.
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JAPAN’S NIKKEI SOARS TO HEIGHT NOT SEEN SINCE 1989
On 22 February, Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index reached its highest level since 1989 as bargain stock prices and tighter corporate regulations drew money exiting Chinese markets, Reuters reported.
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SPOTLIGHT: RECESSION WATCH
Japan’s economy shrank 0.4 percent in 2023’s final quarter, surprising economists and falling into a technical recession, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Consolidation is the name of the “Bigs” game. The more they own the more they control… it’s the way of the power hungry world.
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