via Bloomberg: Planned debt issuance falls for seventh straight year Government also preparing extra budget for current year Japan’s budget for the fiscal year starting in April 2019 will top 100 trillion yen ($890 billion) for the first time, …
What do you think China and Japan are doing by selling off the U.S. debt? Is this part of the CURRENCY WAR? Or simply that they need the cash? The U.S. stock market was pummeled and it only seems to …
via businesstimes: THE Japanese economy contracted the most in over four years in the third quarter as companies slashed spending, threatening to chill the investment outlook in 2019 as the export-reliant nation grapples with slowing global growth and trade frictions. The …
by WARREN MOSLER China exports falling with tariffs: China’s November export, import growth shrinks, showing weak demand US exports turning south as well? The deceleration that started with the collapse of oil capex in Dec 2014 took a brief zig …
via nationmultimedia: THE JAPANESE government intends to effectively ban products of two major Chinese telecommunications equipment makers – Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp – from telecommunications devices at government ministries and agencies, the Self-Defence Forces and other entities, as their …
by mralstoner Around the same time as a Huawei executive was detained in Canada, for breaching Iran sanctions, two US military planes crashed near Japan. Could they be related? China is working on electronic warfare, so it’s possible they can mess up …
Economy & Markets – Facebook, Released on 12/5/18 Amid a real estate crisis in Japan, where 8 million or 15% of homes are currently sitting empty, Economist Harry Dent talks about how the Japanese government is offering significant incentives to …
https://twitter.com/MacroTechnicals/status/1069673203512041472 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1069738317221163008 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1069736930886197248 What type of landing should US economy expect? Soft or Hard? pic.twitter.com/ASXN5UxBlD — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 3, 2018 ISM prices paid have been a pretty good lead this cycle on ISM. pic.twitter.com/MOTyEEbXbZ — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) December …
SURPRISING EXACTLY NO ONE WHO’S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION: Japan preparing to put US-designed stealth jets on an ‘aircraft carrier.’ Japan is preparing an order for roughly 100 US-designed F-35 stealth fighter jets in a deal that could potentially upend the balance …
by Adam Taggart This is what happens when a slowing economy collides with aging demographics: Want a free country house in Japan? They’re giving them away (CNBC) Japan has an increasing number of vacant homes — a problem that’s set to persist …
Japanese researchers at the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) research center have developed a prototype humanoid robot, the HRP-5P, designed to autonomously perform heavy labor in hazardous environments. Standing just under 6-feet tall and clocking in at 222 lbs, …
Do you think that China and Japan will buy more U.S. debt in the next few years? Or will they continue this slow and steady sell off? The U.S. has been relying on a very simple system of issuing debt …
China’s official doctrine is to take Taiwan by diplomacy or force, any means necessary, by 2021 (the 100th anniversary of their Communist Party). This has been openly stated by Xi Jinping, so the short-fuse countdown is set, lest China’s Govt, …
by Shaun Richards It is time for another part of our discovering Japan theme as we travel to Nagoya, where Governor Kuroda of the Bank of Japan was talking earlier today. Let us open with some good news. The real …
by Shaun Richards Sometimes it is hard not to have a wry smile at market developments and how they play out. For example the way that equity markets have returned to falling again has been blamed on the Italian bond …
Heavy Ping Pong Warning has been effect for Japan and it will be More Intense Ping Pong Balls in Japan this time it will also hit Sapporo Hokkaido Japan and Have your Ping Pong Tables, Umbrellas, Nets and Ping Pong …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Asset-price inflation feels good to asset holders – until it doesn’t I was asked two important questions in this mind-boggling era of QE: The Bank of Japan has monetized 50% of its national debt; so why …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Despite repeated speeches to the contrary. As of September 30, total assets on the Bank of Japan’s elephantine balance sheet dropped by ¥5.4 trillion ($33 billion) from a month earlier, to ¥537 trillion ($4.87 trillion). It …
via NawMean2016: Data Viz link: Tableau Public Sources: 1) USDA Foreign Agriculture Service 2) UN Data (through the USDA FAS database)
Powerful Typhoon #Trami will slam Japan with extreme, life-threatening impacts through Monday: https://t.co/DM9Mj1Numn pic.twitter.com/LXF3MpwjlF — Breaking Weather by AccuWeather (@breakingweather) September 28, 2018 Typhoon #Trami continues to impact Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, and will bring high winds, flooding rain to …
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A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Kansai International Airport with the mainland on Tuesday as strong winds and high waves from a powerful typhoon blasted western Japan. The 2,591-ton Houn Maru had been anchored in Osaka Bay but was …
via realclearmarkets: For nearly two decades, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has deployed negative interest rates, asset purchases and other unorthodox monetary policy tools to battle moribund inflation. Today, that policy toolkit is showing signs of exhaustion – a warning …
via atimes: Investment patterns are shifting in response to America’s new assertiveness he United States starts a tariff war with China. Japan and Germany jump at the chance to gain market share in China’s booming auto industry and boost their capacity …
Earliest ever recorded snow in August in Japan. Old record was Aug 21, 1974. Also 125 locations recorded all time record low and frost during the same days. Tokyo Times silent. Barrow Alaska barely above freezing forecast for the next …
by WARREN MOSLER Larger than expected which also means q2 GDP will be revised down some: Highlights The nation’s trade deficit proved a little deeper than expected in June,, at $46.3 billion vs Econoday’s consensus for $45.6 billion. After a …
China’s contribution to global growth is equal to US/EU/Japan combined 📈; so trade wars will have big consequences: eg does it cause their credit bubble to pop: China’s total credit mkt debt has gone from $7T–>$34T in 9 yrs. $3T …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-03/china-dethroned-by-japan-as-world-s-second-biggest-stock-market China just lost its ranking as the world’s number two stock market. After a Thursday slump, Chinese equities were worth $6.09 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with $6.17 trillion in Japan. The U.S. has the …
Synchronized Global Slowdown: US, China, Japan All Post New Yearly PMI Lows The Purchasing Managers’ Index is a keen insight into what is taking place in the analytical minds of economic decision-makers as they examine the health of their businesses …
via G, P, & C Is the Bank of Japan Finally Losing Control? While we like to focus on the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) because it controls the global reserve currency (the US dollar) and therefore is the most …