Archive - Japan Economy Watch

Would Yen Intervention Succeed?

¥154/$: Is it Based On Fundamentals or Speculation?

13 hrs ago

"Pivot Global" Interview Video

Topics include: encouraging signs, entrepreneurship, is Japan back, stock market, wages, aggregate niche company strategy

Apr 8

Biden Statement On Nippon Steel Does Not Preclude Merger

Steelworkers Union and Nippon Steel Still Talking But Negotiations Are Arduous

Apr 1

March 2024

Why Did The BOJ Move Despite Conflicting Evidence on Wages and Prices?

Tokyo Inflation Falling Below 2% Target

Mar 21

BOJ Finally Pulls the Trigger on Rate Policy, But It’s a Low-Caliber Gun

How Much Change When BOJ Eventually Tweaks? Part 2

Mar 20

Shunto: Why 4-5% Headline Wage Hike Really Means 2-3%

Base Pay Vs. Seniority Pay

Mar 13

How Much Change When BOJ Eventually Tweaks? Part 1

Deputy Governor Says Rise In Interest Rates Will Be Very Gradual

Mar 11

Generational Change, Technology, and Japan’s New Opportunity For Recovery

An Interview On My New Book

Mar 3

February 2024

Hope For A Deal between Nippon Steel and the Steelworkers Union Before Election Day

Would End National Security Blockage

Feb 27

Koll Vs. Katz On Japan’s Economic Trajectory

Has Japan Already Reformed Or Is Reform Yet To Come?

Feb 21

Germany Surpasses Japan At #3 Nominal GDP Spot

Does It Mean Anything?

Feb 17

Video of My Talk and Q&A on Japan Zoominar

Live Talk at Japan Campus of Temple University, Feb. 8th

Feb 5

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