Nations that pollute the least are among the most vulnerable to disasters and face the highest barriers to the financing they need to protect themselves, new research shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/10/economy/climate-country-credit-ratings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #bahamas #jamaica #philippines #climatechange
China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008 amid debt ceiling fears.
The stockpile has now fallen to nearly half its November 2013 peak, financial data shows, as long-term sell-off continues.
The 1% has sapped $79T in wealth from the bottom 90% since 1975. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was sapped from the bottom 90 percent which is enough to give every worker a $32,000 raise.
Takaichi’s big victory might not be a mandate for big spending with fiscal hawks in the LDP and the bond market keeping a lid on stimulus spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/economy/nagata-takaichi-fiscal-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ldp #sanaetakaichi #yen #bonds #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #2026lowerhouseelection #consumptiontax
joene 🏴🍉
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Just like we could create poverty, we can eliminate it too. It's just something rich people don't want to do. #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #ecb #economy #activism #anarchism #socialism #poverty #HumanRights
Just like we could create poverty, we can eliminate it too. It's just something rich people don't want to do. #anticapitalism #EatTheRich #FeedThePoor #ecb #economy #activism #anarchism #socialism #poverty #HumanRights
Japan's current account surplus in 2025 rose 11.1% from the previous year to a record ¥31.87 trillion, the Finance Ministry has said in a preliminary report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/economy/japan-record-current-account-surplus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #trade #investments
World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill has expressed hopes for Japan's cooperation in addressing global economic disparities that may widen due to the uneven adoption of artificial intelligence technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/economy/world-bank-economist-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #worldbank #ai #development #us
Japanese workers’ real wages fell in every month of 2025, underscoring the persistence of inflation and bolstering the case for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to continue down a more expansionary fiscal path. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/economy/real-wages-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #2026lowerhouseelection #ldp #boj
US records 108,000 job cuts last month, marking worst January since the 2009 Great Recession - Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports
Indian farmers have expressed concern that New Delhi has made too many concessions to Washington after the two countries brokered a new trade deal that would lower tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/08/economy/indian-agriculture-trump-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #india #agriculture #narendramodi #us #donaldtrump #republicans #trade #tariffs
Japan's ratio of household spending on food hit a 44-year high in 2025, reflecting elevated food prices, according to an internal affairs ministry survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/08/economy/japan-household-food-spending-ratio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #food #inflation #economicindicators
Japan is seen selecting gas-fired power generation, synthetic diamonds and ports as the first round of $550 billion investments and loans it agreed to make in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/08/economy/japan-investments-us-power-diamonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #investments
The U.S. and India moved closer to a trade pact on Friday, releasing an interim framework that would lower tariffs, reshape energy ties and deepen economic cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/07/economy/us-india-interim-trade-framework/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #india #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Investors Concerned AI Bubble Is Finally Popping
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/investors-concerned-ai-bubble-popping
#tech #technology #ai #artificialintelligence #finance #economy #aislop #aibubble
Aral Balkan
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the financiers of the #pedophile Epstein Class want you to believe if their fanstasy valuations disappear, so will the global #economy.
girfters only know one thing: GRIFT. the crypto/AI house of cards is tumbling & they want to scare us into bailing them out.
AGAIN.
but economies are human activity, not financial instruments.
BITCOIN’s FAILURE IS A “MARKET CORRECTION”
bitcoin billionaires are economics failures.
deal with it.
https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-tanking-death-spiral
Japan’s SkyDrive hopes to have flying cars in service by 2028, with regulatory approval from the Japanese government key to achieving that goal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/economy/skydrive-test-fight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #carmakers #tech #flyingcars #electricvehicles #startups #skydrive
A Bank of Japan board member highlighted the need for further increases to the benchmark interest rate in order to complete the process of normalizing policy settings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/economy/boj-member-signal-rate-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation