Japan
Discussion of Japan centred on a potential shift from cheap global funding source to financial stress point. Several speakers linked higher Japanese yields, a weak yen and possible bond-market intervention to risks for the yen carry trade, global bonds and currencies 111517. Others highlighted Japan’s strategic importance in manufacturing, capital flows and energy markets, while claims about the severity and timing of a Japanese crisis remained highly speculative 91318.
From the window to Aug 1, 05:30 ET — this window's take is still to be written.
Where the voices land
All voices 3 voices3 worsening
Worsening
- JSJames StanleyWorsening Stanley says Japan's declining and aging population means it cannot keep GDP growth positive without yen weakness. ▶ 19:00 10-Year Yields Jump and the S&P 500 Hits a Recor… · 28 Sept
- RBRobin BrooksWorsening Japan is trapped by fiscal dominance: too much debt leaves the BoJ stuck and unable to normalize policy. “Too much debt means the BoJ is stuck. Fiscal dominance.” Open the post Only the BoJ can save the Yen, not intervention.… · 18 Sept
- LGLuke GromenWorsening Japan is a seller of long-term Treasury bonds to raise dollars to defend the yen. Open the item Medium-to-long term thoughts on LT USTs, etc. · 14 Sept
3 worsening
Also asked
Risk 1 voice← rising · easing →1 rising
Risk rising sharply
- JBJavier BlasRisk rising sharply Blas warns that Japan in particular is exposed to the risk of relying on Middle Eastern oil. “Watch out for Japan.” Open the post COLUMN: Every major oil importer wants to run aw… · 28 Sept
Mentions
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The stories
- ○ a voice, on the left
- ◌ a voice raising half of these
- ● a subject, on the right, under its story
- ⌒ a line is a voice raising a subject — thicker, more items; colour is the story
The stories this entity travels in: on the right, each story with the subjects seen alongside it; on the left, the voices that raised them, and a line for every subject a voice raised, bundled by story. Tap a voice to light everything it raises, a subject for who raised it, a story for its own lines. The crumb goes back.
Who brings it up
- Bloomberg 90 mentions
- David Lin 14 mentions
- Robin Brooks 11 mentions
- Michael Every 11 mentions
- Gary Bohm 10 mentions
- Jack Farley 6 mentions
- The Kobeissi Letter 6 mentions
- Anas Alhajji 6 mentions
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