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Our Next Economic Plague: Japan Disease

Our Next Economic Plague: Japan Disease

By Andy Xie, courtesy of Clusterstock 

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From Caixin:

Japan’s nominal GDP fell 6 percent to 475 trillion yen last year, while its real GDP declined 5 percent. Meanwhile, nominal GDP in the United States decreased 1.3 percent to US $14.2 trillion and real GDP fell 2.4 percent.

If you travel across Japan and the United States, you get the impression that America is in much worse shape: Americans cannot stop screaming about their woes, while the Japanese face economic sufferings quietly. Maybe this is due to cultural differences. Regardless, Japan is in dire shape. Its nominal GDP is now lower than it was in 1992 when the nation’s property prices first began to decline.

Read the rest at Caixin –> 

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