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Lost Decade (Japan)

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The is a period of economic stagnation in Japan following the Japanese asset price bubble's collapse in late 1991 and early 1992. [1]

47 relations: Abenomics, Balance sheet recession, Bank of Japan, Barack Obama, Bloomberg News, Conspicuous consumption, Crony capitalism, Economic history of Japan, Economic stagnation, Economy of Japan, Economy of the United States, Edward C. Prescott, Evolution, Fumio Hayashi, Great Depression, Great Recession, Gross domestic product, Insolvency, Interest rate, James B. Bullard, Japan, Japanese asset price bubble, Japanese economic miracle, Liquidity trap, Moral hazard, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Natural selection, Nikkei 225, Paul Krugman, Political stagnation, Real wages, Richard Koo, Salon (website), Sarakin, Shinzō Abe, Sony, South Korea, Time (magazine), Tokyo, Too big to fail, Toyota, United States, United States housing bubble, Yalman Onaran, Zero interest-rate policy, Zombie bank, Zombie company.

Abenomics

refers to the economic policies advocated by Shinzō Abe since the December 2012 general election, which elected Abe to his first term as Prime Minister of Japan.

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Balance sheet recession

A balance sheet recession is a type of economic recession that occurs when high levels of private sector debt cause individuals or companies to collectively focus on saving by paying down debt rather than spending or investing, causing economic growth to slow or decline.

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Bank of Japan

The is the central bank of Japan.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News is an international news agency headquartered in New York, United States and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Conspicuous consumption

Conspicuous consumption is the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power—of the income or of the accumulated wealth of the buyer.

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Crony capitalism

Crony capitalism is an economy in which businesses thrive not as a result of risks they take, but rather as a return on money amassed through a nexus between a business class and the political class.

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Economic history of Japan

The economic history of Japan is most studied for the spectacular social and economic growth in the 1800s after the Meiji Restoration, when it became the first non-European great power, and for its expansion after the Second World War, when Japan recovered from devastation to become the world's second largest economy behind the United States, and from 2013 behind China as well.

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Economic stagnation

Economic stagnation is a prolonged period of slow economic growth (traditionally measured in terms of the GDP growth), usually accompanied by high unemployment.

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Economy of Japan

The economy of Japan is a highly developed and market-oriented economy.

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Economy of the United States

The economy of the United States is a highly developed mixed economy.

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Edward C. Prescott

Edward Christian Prescott (born December 26, 1940) is an American economist.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Fumio Hayashi

is a Japanese economist.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Great Recession

The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Insolvency

Insolvency is the state of being unable to pay the money owed, by a person or company, on time; those in a state of insolvency are said to be insolvent.

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Interest rate

An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited or borrowed (called the principal sum).

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James B. Bullard

James Brian Bullard is the chief executive officer and 12th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, positions he has held since 2008.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese asset price bubble

The was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated.

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Japanese economic miracle

The Japanese economic miracle was Japan's record period of economic growth between the post-World War II era to the end of Cold War.

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Liquidity trap

A liquidity trap is a situation, described in Keynesian economics, in which, "after the rate of interest has fallen to a certain level, liquidity preference may become virtually absolute in the sense that almost everyone prefers cash holding a debt which yields so low a rate of interest."Keynes, John Maynard (1936) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 edition, A liquidity trap is caused when people hoard cash because they expect an adverse event such as deflation, insufficient aggregate demand, or war.

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Moral hazard

In economics, moral hazard occurs when someone increases their exposure to risk when insured.

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National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

The, or GRIPS, is an elite and highly selective research graduate school located in Minato, Tokyo.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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Nikkei 225

The, more commonly called the Nikkei, the Nikkei index, or the Nikkei Stock Average, is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

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Paul Krugman

Paul Robin Krugman (born February 28, 1953) is an American economist who is currently Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and a columnist for The New York Times.

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Political stagnation

Political stagnation, decline, or decadence is a condition in which a nation, empire, political party, or alliance experiences adverse conditions, ineffective leadership, hesitation, stalemate, or loss of identity.

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Real wages

Real wages are wages adjusted for inflation, or, equivalently, wages in terms of the amount of goods and services that can be bought.

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Richard Koo

Richard C. Koo (リチャード・クー,;; born 1954) is a Taiwanese-American economist residing in Japan specializing in balance sheet recessions.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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Sarakin

is a Japanese term for a legal moneylender who makes unsecured loans at high interest.

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Shinzō Abe

is a Japanese politician serving as the 63rd and current Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2012, previously being the 57th officeholder from 2006 to 2007.

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Sony

is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Too big to fail

The "too big to fail" theory asserts that certain corporations, particularly financial institutions, are so large and so interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system, and that they therefore must be supported by government when they face potential failure.

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Toyota

, usually shortened to Toyota, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States housing bubble

The United States housing bubble was a real estate bubble affecting over half of the U.S. states.

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Yalman Onaran

Yalman Onaran is a Turkish-born American financial journalist.

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Zero interest-rate policy

Zero interest-rate policy (ZIRP) is a macroeconomic concept describing conditions with a very low nominal interest rate, such as those in contemporary Japan and December 2008 through December 2015 in the United States.

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Zombie bank

A zombie bank is a financial institution that has an economic net worth less than zero but continues to operate because its ability to repay its debts is shored up by implicit or explicit government credit support.

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Zombie company

"Zombie company" is a media term for a company that needs bailouts in order to operate, or an in debted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decade_(Japan)

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