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via notayesmanseconomics It is time to look at Nihon or the land of the rising sun again. What we are seeing there is that again it looks to be pushing the boundaries of monetary and fiscal policy. Let us start with monetary policy and here is Reuters from just under a week ago. A Bank …
Student Loans Skyrocket From 0.5% Delinquent to 7.7% byu/Cool-Entrepreneur-68 inEconomyCharts Although, everything except mortgages and home equity line of credit is rising up, student loans took a drastic rise from 2024 Q4-2025 Q1. Source: New York FED
Link from Investing.com, Published 01/22/2025, 10:27 PM Updated 01/22/2025, 10:30 PM. The BOJ’s regional branch managers said wage hikes are spreading to companies of all sizes and sectors, meeting a key prerequisite for raising interest rates. As such, the central bank is likely to raise rates to 0.5% on Friday. Has the Yen carry trade already …
RIP to whoever lent the EU money for 30 years at a -0.5% annual return Your options: Sell now at a ~64% loss, or watch Christine Lagarde charge you .5% per year for the privilege of eroding your purchasing power via inflation. Sovereign debt bag holders rekt. pic.twitter.com/iQt9tE14Dc — Stack Hodler (@stackhodler) September 25, 2023
