Economic Bubble

Learn from history: what goes up must come down. In 2018, more than 1 in 7 Americans were 3 or more months behind on their car payments; could another recession be on its way? The economy cycles through boom and bust periods. It forms a economic bubble as as…

If you’re looking for some mundane distractions to get you through the holiday period, Shukan Taishu (May 6-13) has got just the thing. Its “Reiwa Commemorative Edition” introduces unusual rides. Okinawa, for example, sports an “Ostrich Land,” where you can h…

Colombo: Why Warning About A Bubble For A Decade Is Completely Rational

The land of the rising sun prepares for a new dawn. An emperors departure and anothers ascension. Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30, and May Day in Japan will see his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, become the 126th occupant of the Chrysanthemum Th…

(This April 23 story has been refiled to correct date on which Heisei era began to January 8) By Linda Sieg and Kwiyeon Ha TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Heisei era, which began on Jan. 8, 1989 after Emperor Akihito inherited the throne and ends when he abdicate…

In my experience as someone who warns about the development of dangerous economic bubbles (both the mid-2000s U.S. housing bubble and the post-2009 “Everything Bubble“), I have been criticized literally thousands of times as the stock market surges year after…

Hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass teamed up with former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon to raise awareness about what they describe as an economic war launched by a radical cadre within the Chinese Communist Party against the U.S.d States. At a confere…

The land of the rising sun prepares for a new dawn. An emperors departure and anothers ascension. Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30, and May Day in Japan will see his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, become the 126th occupant of the Chrysanthemum Th…

TOKYO  Japan's Heisei era, which began when Emperor Akihito inherited the throne on Jan. 7, 1989, and ends when he abdicates on April 30, saw economic stagnation, disasters and technological change. Generations of Japanese lived through those decades. Their …

By Linda Sieg and Kwiyeon Ha TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Heisei era, which began when Emperor Akihito inherited the throne on Jan. 7, 1989, and ends when he abdicates on April 30, saw economic stagnation, disasters and technological change. Generations of Jap…