Japan’s economy is stumbling due to three big problems: poor trade terms, faulty inflation stats, and a weak yen. Since the third quarter of 2020, Japan has faced nine straight quarters of worsening trade. Import costs shot up by 60.7%, but exports only grew by 27.7%. This shook Japan’s national income, causing a 4.6% drop. […]
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