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Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding

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To: E_K_S who wrote (13520)6/6/2025 3:40:40 AM
From: elmatador   of 13775
 
US interest rates will be decided by Japan. If Japan cuts its U.S. Treasury bond holdings. Japan’s quiet subsidy of American prosperity is ending.
Japan’s drowning in debt, its politics are in chaos and it needs its money back.
Look at Japan today: government debt at 235% of GDP — that’s like owing your annual salary times 2.3 to Visa.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hanging on to power like a cat on a screen door, with 21% approval after a series of fundraising scandals and economic missteps. You know what happens when your biggest lender is both broke and paralyzed? America’s reliable ATM is about to display “INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.”

America’s biggest lender is closing its wallet — and investors and home buyers will feel it.
Here’s what to watch.Prepare for higher U.S. interest rates if Japan cuts its U.S. Treasury bond holdings. But there could be a silver lining.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-japan-became-americas-banker-and-why-the-moneys-running-out-19e28fe7
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