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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mishedlo who wrote (44885)	11/6/2005 3:00:14 PM
From: russwinter	Respond to of 110194

Look at Japan. Federal debt at 250% of GDP and interest rates close to 0%.> A closed system with a huge savings pool captured by the government in the postal system, and with far less dependance on outside capital flows (not a enormous external debtor, it's internal). Additionally the CB is a big debt monetizer. Still I think Japan's days of cheap financing, are coming to an abrupt end. The US is a diametrically opposite system very much dependant on the kindness of foreigners, and thus little comparison.