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roamer65

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1. The savings rate has finally gone negative in Japan.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2014, 11:48 PM

Dec 2014

Japan is an economic basket case. Debt levels are so high, no appreciable demand increase can be stimulated. The BOJ at this point is simply destroying the yen, nothing more.

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The savings rate has finally gone negative in Japan. roamer65 Dec 2014 #1