Bank of Japan Balance Sheet: QT Takes Off, Assets Drop to Lowest in 15 Months by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2025 • 36 Comments Too little too late to help the yen that got mauled by 10 years of rampant QE.
Global Stocks over the Long Term: the S&P 500, the Big Standout vs the Markets of Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Canada by Wolf Richter • Jan 1, 2025 • 53 Comments And how the decline of the yen and rupee impacted USD investors in Japanese & Indian stocks.
US Dollar Crushes Euro, Yen, Canadian Dollar, other Currencies as Fed Backpedals on Pace of Rate Cuts by Wolf Richter • Nov 22, 2024 • 64 Comments Amid renewed inflation worries and above-average economic growth.
Which Foreign Countries Bought the Recklessly Ballooning US Debt: An Increasingly Crucial Question. Many Piled it up. Cleanest Dirty Shirt? by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2024 • 114 Comments Foreign investors had a big appetite all year for Treasury securities. But China lost interest, Japan struggled with the yen.
US Stocks Open into Mess but Whiff of Panic Fades after Japan Crashed 12% Today, 20% since BOJ Ended Free Money by Wolf Richter • Aug 5, 2024 • 121 Comments This week starts out somewhat ugly. AI-hype-driven rally is losing hot air.
Japanese Stocks Plunge, Yen Rises from the Ashes as BOJ Hikes, Ends Free Money, and Starts QT by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2024 • 49 Comments Over the two days since the BOJ’s rate hike & QT kickoff, the Nikkei has plunged 8.2%.
Bank of Japan Hikes by 25 Basis Points and Starts QT: Too Little Too Late but in Right Direction to Prop Up the Plunging Yen by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2024 • 26 Comments The “real” policy rate is massively negative, with the new policy rate of 0.25% far below Core CPI of 2.6%.
The Foreign Investors Who Bought the Recklessly Ballooning US Debt: July Update by Wolf Richter • Jul 18, 2024 • 86 Comments Who is still buying the US debt is an increasingly important question. Here are the foreign investors.
Yen Drops to 161 against USD. -34% since 2020, -53% since 2012. Currency Collapse Comes to Mind. Bank of Japan Finally Gets Nervous about its Crazed Monetary Policies by Wolf Richter • Jun 26, 2024 • 94 Comments A collapsed yen is not good for Japan, which has had a trade deficit for years. And it contributed to energy price shocks.
The Foreign Holders of the Ballooning US Debt: They’re Buying, But Don’t Keep Up by Wolf Richter • Jun 19, 2024 • 120 Comments As China dumps Treasury securities, the Euro Area, Canada, and financial centers load up with immense appetite.
