Chinese exports of rare earth magnets to Japan in December fell 8% from November, when a diplomatic spat left concerns about future shipments. Beijing has since banned exports to Japan of some dual-use materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/chinese-rare-earth-exports-to-japan-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chinajapanrelations #rareearths #trade #taiwan
The yield on Japan’s 40-year government bond hit 4% on Tuesday, the highest since its debut in 2007 and a first for any maturity of the nation’s sovereign debt in more than three decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/bond-yield-hit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #bonds #jgb #taxes #food
Zone of Ghosts
boosted
The government is unlikely to secure the passage of its fiscal 2026 draft budget by March 31, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her decision to dissolve the Lower House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/japan-election-budget-passage-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #budgets #2026lowerhouseelection #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #satsukikatayama
A Bank of Japan quarterly survey for December 2025 has shown that consumer sentiment rose for two straight quarters while views on living conditions deteriorated for the first time in two quarters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/consumer-sentiment-boj-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #surveys #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators
The Bank of Japan will potentially raise interest rates three times this year to double the current level if the yen’s weakness persists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/citigroup-boj-rate-hike-projection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #citigroup #boj #inflation #yen #japaneseeconomy #negativeinterestrates
Any weaponization of European holdings of U.S. assets would turn a simmering trade war into a financial conflict that directly impacts capital markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/weaponizing-10-trillion-us-assets-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #europe #donaldtrump #greenland
Germany's local governments face financial collapse. Many cities and municipalities in Germany are near bankruptcy, and no longer know how they're supposed to fulfill their responsibilities. They are blaming the federal government.
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-local-governments-face-financial-collapse/a-75425178
If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Trump administration plans to begin replacing them almost immediately with other levies, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/jamieson-greer-supreme-court-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #supremecourt #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #globaleconomy
Takaichi might surprise markets that are bracing for an unrestrained fiscal dove after the election in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/19/economy/takaichi-fiscal-policy-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #diet #ldp #tse #nikkei #stocks #budgets #debt #economicindicators
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/americans-are-the-ones-paying-for-tariffs-study-finds-e254ed2e
China’s economy hit growth target last year despite Trump trade war and property crisis.
Economy weathered a fraught geopolitical landscape to reach 5% goal but domestic structural challenges ‘not going away’, say experts.
Kiel Institute analysis finds that Americans pay 96% of tariff burden.
https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/americas-own-goal-who-pays-the-tariffs-19398
China's economy grew at one of the slowest rates in decades last year, according to official data, as officials struggle with persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in the property sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/19/economy/china-2025-econ-growth-slowest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #economy #economicindicators
The collective wealth of the planet’s billionaires soared to a record level in 2025, charity Oxfam reported, warning of “highly dangerous” political consequences as the global elite gathers for the World Economic Forum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/19/economy/billionaire-threat-oxfam-davos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #davos #globaleconomy #oxfam
Lisa Melton
and 1 other
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A stunned #Europe finally wakes up to #Trump’s #Greenland threat
An emergency meeting of #EU ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined #protests against any potential #annexation.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #trade #economy #tariffs #sovereignty #Denmark #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app
This was the weekend Trump destroyed US exports.
The left side of the EU Parliament was already against adopting the EU-US trade deal but did not have the majority.
Now the deal is dead, as more parties outside the left are furious because of Trump's revenge tariffs towards countries protecting Greenland.
Picture 1: President of The Progressives turns against Trump.
Picture 2-3: President of Renew Europe turns against Trump.
Picture 4: Chairman of the Trade Committee turns against Trump.
4 media
Yeah
Shocker
#European "adult" politicians are being forced to admit that #DonaldTrump is *not* an adult, but rather a petulant, acute narcissist *and* a serial, pathological liar
A poorly-raised three year old
And it's way, way, way past time these sober European "adults" begin to wake up and see #Trump for what he really is and has always been, and act accordingly
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #trade #economy #tariffs #sovereignty #Denmark #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #InternationalLaw
A stunned #Europe finally wakes up to #Trump’s #Greenland threat
An emergency meeting of #EU ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined #protests against any potential #annexation.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #trade #economy #tariffs #sovereignty #Denmark #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app