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The Performance of Japanese Companies: A Growing Connection with External Demand

not sure that any country that is dependent on external growth will be a permanent economic superpower. and there is that population problem they have (they are shrinking). which is true of many Asian countries. even China. and it has that dependency on external demand for growth too

What World Financial Markets Are Hinting At This Coming Week

i suspect commodities will continue there 2 year and counting run of speculators ruling them. since there is little chance of a real recovery any time soon, just a slowing of the crash that has been engineered from the last 8 years of policy choices