Japan’s economy unexpectedly slipped into recession after shrinking for a second quarter due to anemic domestic demand, prompting some central bank watchers to push back bets on when the nation’s negative interest rate policy will end.
  • neutron@thelemmy.club
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    5 months ago

    Isn't Japan a well known case of chronic recession lasting for decades since the 90s? There are more general issues that other East Asian countries share like population decline.

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    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      5 months ago

      Yes. The country grew quickly until its bubble popped, then hasn't been able to grow much since then.

      You have population decline, but you also have a greater resistance to change in the workforce, zombie companies, and an IT infrastructure stuck in the 90's.

  • hangukdise@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    The BOJ is counting on low interest to force a devaluation of peoples savings to drive consumption and, given the massive amount of savings, it will take time to burn through that