Japan Starts to Recharge After Two Lost Economic Decades

Re:Japan Starts to Recharge After Two Lost Economic Decades by hudibras on Monday May 20, 2013 @01:20AM (#5736045)

The yen falling in value is a good thing. The targeted inflation rate is 2%, not exactly Weimar Germany.

I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree.

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Re:Japan Starts to Recharge After Two Lost Economic Decades by J_ on Monday May 20, 2013 @01:38AM (#5736089)

It's not if you're Japanese and it causes a bond crisis. Their debt equals over 20 times their government's revenues. Even 2% inflation will cause yields to move and debt service to exceed government revenues. They will be forced to default or inflate. Either will cause the value of the yen to nosedive.

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Re:Japan Starts to Recharge After Two Lost Economic Decades by daliusd on Monday May 20, 2013 @05:18AM (#5736691)

What's is government's revenues? Isn't GDP we should worry about or that's what you have in mind?

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