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Dryheavemorning t1_iuj1pwa wrote

>Absolutely reckless federal spending, and a skyrocketing deficit due to tax incomes not even approaching spending rates

Japan spent comparable amounts on Covid stimulus and also runs a big deficit but doesn't have bad inflation at all.

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TiberiusDrexelus t1_iuj23b1 wrote

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a-german-muffin t1_iujdyix wrote

>Since the late 1990s, a succession of governments favored a weak exchange rate to boost exports. Tokyo is now losing control over the yen as the Federal Reserve hikes rates.

It ain't just the last two years tanking the yen.

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