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The Japan 10y swap goes beyond the 1% ceiling, BOJ's UEDA in shambles pic.twitter.com/MDrgOWzNgg — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) October 31, 2023 The BOJ's strategy seems to be as obscure as possible as it tiptoes away from yield curve control. What does this even mean? “We decided that it’s appropriate to increase …
“People in Japan eat a lot more food, rather than food-like products.” This might be a quote worth saving for the future.
Total US Debt just crossed $33 TRILLION China and Japan are dumping US treasuries at a record pace This won’t end well A thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/CpJWfb2574 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) October 24, 2023 16/ Interestingly, this rise in insurance purchases coincides with an unprecedented selloff in US Treasury bonds US …
When Japan intervenes to stabilize its currency by selling US treasuries, it can lead to increased US yields and reduced market liquidity. When Japan is forced to intervene in their currency when it hits 150:1 typically it means dumping US treasuries so that can take Yen out of a circulation …
What's going on in Japan? 🧐 https://t.co/0J3QzfQ7bJ pic.twitter.com/CKtT9tdzPm — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 11, 2023
via JOHN RUBINO: People keep talking about the “box” in which profligate countries will someday find themselves, where the tools that used to work no longer do and everything falls apart. Japan might be in that box. After years of soaring government debt and central bank “financial repression” to make that …
Was Douglas Durst's strange post on his US Debt Clock website a warning of what is to come? The post appeared the night before markets began panicking about Japan on October 2nd, 2023. pic.twitter.com/D4PMG0IdMc — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 5, 2023 The stock market fear and greed index is in extreme …
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun discharging its second round of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Japan plans to discharge 7,800 tons of the wastewater over the next 17 days. The wrecked nuclear plant, which contains 1.34 million tons of radioactive wastewater, will continue releasing the …
Near Izu Islands In the 5 range, very shallow. Stay tuned for updates. Tens of M4.5+ earthquakes have occurred in the last few days near the Izu islands, with a small 30 cm tsunami observed after the largest M6.1 event. This region has known submarine volcanoes, but no unusual volcanic …
by nationalcollapse At around 10:02 Eastern time, the yen reached 150 to the dollar – the highest since 1986: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/usdjpy?mod=home-page At the exact same time, yields on US 10-year treasuries spiked: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx&mod=home-page (Spiking yields mean someone sells off treasuries. They need to offer higher yields to get buyers) At 10:20, …
Meanwhile, in the US, yields on 30-year Treasuries are poised for their largest quarterly jump since 2009. https://t.co/l72Q23yKu5 — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 29, 2023
by j_stars Gold made a new all time high in Japan today at 284,673 JPY/oz. pic.twitter.com/VwZqNJbBkW — Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) September 4, 2023
TOKYO, Aug 31 (euronews.com) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers enjoyed sashimi fished off the coast of Fukushima at a lunch meeting on Wednesday, in an apparent effort to dispel safety concerns following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. According …
by Infamous_Sympathy_91 YCC abandoned… BOJ forced to push up interest rates… carry trade goes away… global liquidity plummets… global credit events happen… stocks reduce… oil increases… inflation accelerates… Gold explodes in value.
This is the moment when Japan started releasing treated nuclear water from its Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean today: pic.twitter.com/h4NMt1uaDi — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 24, 2023 New plans to dump waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean could create mutant animals, an expert has hinted. Tokyo …
China and Japan resumed the selling. this will be relentless. tech is toast. pic.twitter.com/Gd8ODcxjOx — The Market Dog (@TheMarketDog) August 21, 2023 Beware: 10-year real yield is at its highest level since the 2008 Financial Crisis pic.twitter.com/eOPBT5ZtPw — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) August 21, 2023 Bracing for the Global Ponzi Scheme’s …
"Yield curve control is a dangerous policy which needs to be retired as soon as possible…It has been a major factor in the yen reaching its lowest level, in real terms, since the 1970s. So, the BOJ wants to very carefully dismantle YCC, and the yen will rally:" @kitjuckes — …
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by Chris Black The significance of this joint military exercise is huge. If things ever got real serious in the Ukraine, China would commit troops. Just so, if the US ever triggered Taiwan to start a war with China, Russia would be backing them up in the sea. Neither has …
Animals including sharks and some reptile species can continuously regrow teeth. It’s been assumed that humans only grow two sets of teeth in their lifetime, but in fact, there is evidence that we also have the “buds” for a third set. When treatment of teeth is no longer possible due …
by Chris Black Eugenics used to sound like a reasonable idea to me, as a general thing. Then I found out that everyone promoting it on the internet was borderline retarded, and most of them lived in literal trailer parks. It made me question the whole concept. https://twitter.com/kooriyuki/status/1671799046363828224 Continue reading …
by BoatSurfer600 The Bank of Japan has been the total outlier in its reaction to the surge of inflation: It’s still practicing QE under the guise of yield curve control, which keeps the 10-year yield below 0.5%; and it’s still pushing its short them yields below 0%. It’s clearly doing …