Before humanoid robots fully integrate into our societies and inhabit our homes, factory floors, and workspaces, a Japanese firm is thinking one step ahead. GMO has just unveiled a "Humanoid Ambulance" that it will roll out this month to handle maint
US Treasury Secretary went full judge, jury, and executioner on speculative yen shorts overnight with probably the most direct explicit jawboning we have seen in years...
Mitsubishi used to sell a sturdy, body-on-frame SUV called the Pajero ?" known in the United States as the Montero ?" and it looks like Mitsu is going to resume selling Pajeros again. Just not in the United States. Probably because the new Pajero
Its government borrowed more than twice its GDP. The reckoning economists persistently predicted never arrived. Rates fell towards zero, debt kept growing and nothing broke.
James and Jimmy examine James' recent analysis of the October 7th false flag attack; and they discuss how the world is being led to the brink of global warfare.
Coordinated action sent the yen sharply higher, but bitcoin's recent correlation suggests U.S. dollar strength, rather than the carry trade, may be the bigger risk.
Politicians convinced themselves that the debt did not matter because Japanese institutions held most of it and the Bank of Japan could always purchase whatever the private market rejected.
John Rubino (https://rubino.substack.com/) joins Liberty and Finance to explain why mounting debt problems in Japan, the United States, and across the developed world could be bringing the global financial system closer to a major breaking point. He
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Between the market's reaction to Warsh's recent no-rate-hike announcement and the current disaster unfolding with the Japanese yen, the set-up for near-term "Uh-Oh" in stocks and bonds in general–and the longer-term wisdom in precious metal
Japan is preparing to introduce AI into the command-and-control systems of its Self-Defense Forces as part of a wider military modernization effort aimed at improving operational speed and interoperability with the United States, according to Nikkei.
While much of the market focus has fallen on the US long-end, which saw substantial pressure in the past week, sending 30Y yields to 5.27%, the highest level since 2007, it was Japan again which stole the show overnight.
Reports say the US intervened in yen markets, selling euros and buying JPY. It raises several questions: Is the United States bailing out the yen? Why? Why now? Unlike currency manipulation, the answers are surprisingly easy. It's what they amount to
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I understand you are deeply involved in analyzing the unfolding debt crisis in Japan, and the mainstream media rarely seems to grasp the situation the way you do...