I would say Japan has been in a regional currency war with the Chinese via the $USD. The EU has been resistant to debasement to this point.
It's a "war" they've been losing since five years ago USDJPY was above 120 and JPY has outperformed almost all currencies over that period. I don't know why it took Japan so long to weaken their currency.
Absolutely true, but remember that the big trading partner for China is Europe (in Euros), not the US. That is the sideswipe of the US policy at China. I think China fought back using commodities but that appears to be over for the moment. The main war is among the big three currencies, Yen, USD, and Euro. Other countries ( China) are hit by the big 3 impacts through import/export and inflation/deflation. Curious that Japan has started this strategy. The US FED must know what is happening. I don't yet understand why the silence.
because both europe ande usa need a strong Japanese economy. True, we need a weaker currency, but both eur and usa have more pressing problem and it is a win,win,win at the moment for all of us to get japan back up and running again. I'd hardly call it a currency war.
couldn't agree more- Forget Cyprus, Nobody Is Stealing from Depositors More than Bernanke http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/dail...aling-depositors-more-bernanke-170851783.html
The Fed has the printing press, they have no problem to generate liquidity while Cyprus doesn't have her own printing press. It belongs to someone else. one way to get it is from "her own people"
This is true, but it's a nice, slow drip. Instead of rioting in the streets, people are lining up for free Obama phones and "free" health care, not having a clue that they are the ones that are paying for it regardless.
The US has been in recession for a decade or more-but it's worse than that-it is trading illegally as it is insolvent-it does not have the means to meet its debt obligations. Any normal business borrowing such staggering amounts relative to GDP would have lasted about 6 months.
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