Japan's Economic Reckoning: Debt, Geopolitics, and the Limits of Monetary Power - IndraStra Global
Japan's Economic Reckoning: Debt, Geopolitics, and the Limits of Monetary Power - IndraStra Global
Source: IndraStra Global
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Japan's debt-to-GDP ratio exceeds 260% — nearly double Italy's — yet the yen trades as if this is sustainable. It isn't. The BOJ has spent three decades proving that monetizing government debt works right up until the moment foreign creditors decide it doesn't. With U.S. 10-year yields at 4.71% and Japanese yields still pinned near zero through bond purchases, the carry trade remains the only thing holding the currency together.