Saturday, September 4, 2010

Finishing up Research on the Parallels between the US and Japanese Deflation

This Blog will focus on Fundamental Economic Analysis and look at the experiences of various countries in dealing with Economic Crisis. I hope to tie this into the current situation in the US.

I also plan to look at practical ways people can solve their financial problems and provide useful information along these lines.

I spent a great deal of time in Japan during the late 1990's and while working there, I studied their economy closely. The Japanese began their deflation in 1990 from a position of strength.  Despite significant fiscal stimulus , 20 years later Japan still has not fully recovered.

In contrast to this the US is in a deflation but has entered it from a position of significant weakness, very high deficits, the current U6 unemployment rate is 16.5%, and a debt to GDP ratio that is actually much higher than officially stated.

I hope to have the report completed this weekend and will be posting it then.

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