Japan’s Massive Money Experiment Is Over. Now What?

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Living in Japan these past 30 years is pretty pleasant though if you realised that chasing never ending growth isn't the purpose of life.

all i heard was everythings gonna be more expensive now. in an enthusiastic voice

Japanese can finally experience rising price like the rest of the world. Who wouldn't want their living cost double every decade or two.

Our economy struggling with uncertainties, housing issues, foreclosures, global fluctuations, and pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.

“Since the end of WWII, Japan has been ground zero for …” I nearly spit out my tea.

I like how this video skips why 'bubble' happened in first place, when USA were threatening Japan with sanctions and forced it to change monetary policy.

Hats off to Kurumi for compressing 32 years of BOJ activities into a 8 minute video....my econ professor lost me at the Asian crisis....:face-blue-smiling:

All in this video just shows that Japanese lived the best lives and now they would feel the same disappointment as we all.

Lived in Japan for a long time, and their economy proved that once you get to a certain level, you don't have to be constantly straining for endless growth.

The system is failing as a result of both government and federal policy. In the next days, the banking crisis would have to be epic and gigantic for the FED to decide not to raise interest rates. This won't happen; an increase and a crash are coming. There will be more negative portfolios this 2nd half of 2024 with markets tumbling, soaring inflation, and banks going out of business. My concern is how can the rapid interest-rate hike be of favor to a value investor, or is it better avoiding stocks for a while?

Think an economy so strong that even printing money results in deflation.

he says 'no inflation makes people attach a product to a certain price'. Well I live in a country with inflation and I do that. You can hear it around 'it used to cost only this much'. Everyone does that. I feel like it's human to attach stable values to things that don't change. That makes inflation so weird, because it's one of those human constructs that runs counter to human nature.

Living in Brazil, I can't understand at all how no inflation could be bad. Imagine paying the same for rent and groceries for 10 years, even if your salary din't increase at all

Stagnation is better than the price inflation with stagnant wages. Japan had things right, in the current world, where prices are doubling but wages are not changing. Infinite growth is impossible without infinite resources, Japan was being pragmatic, now they have lost their way.

unfortunately this video completely skips the context to the leadup of the bubble, which was political pressure from the US and the plaza accord.

This is an unfortunate, large-scale example of "don't fix what's not broken"

Are the first few seconds supposed to be bad? Because it sounds incredible compared to what we have right now (rising prices & stagnant salaries)

Now Japan can experience the joy of rent doubling every few years. Woohoo!

I was just in Japan for a month and couldn't believe how cheap it was. A water at Disneyland 200 yen which is $1.30. Super reasonable. Lodging and food was also super affordable