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Japan in Deep Trouble as Yen Crashes in Value & Central Bank Spends $35 Billion Supporting Value - Joe Blogs
Japan has now resorted to MARKET INTERVENTION to protect the value of the Yen. Japan is officially in RECESSION, has NEGATIVE Interest Rates, an AGEING and REDUCING Population and the value of the YEN has plummeted over the past 2 years. Japan has been trapped in a LIQUIDITY TRAP NIGHTMARE since the early 1990's. Following 30 years of expansion Japan was tipped to Overtake the USA as the largest economy in the World. However the rapid growth saw the development of a simultaneous Real Estate Bubble and Stock Market Bubble at the end of the 1980's. Both of these Bubbles BURST in spectacular style and Japan has never managed to recover. In this video I look at the current problems and discuss the challenges that Japan now faces.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:58JAPAN
4:19 YEN
5:55 YEN INTERVENTION
11:14 ECONOMIC ISSUES
12:21 INFLATION
14:26 INTEREST RATES
15:35 MONEY SUPPLY
18:34 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION