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Japan: The Global Economy's Elephant in the Room

DEBT CRISIS: JAPAN Forget Greece, when you look at the numbers Japan poses the greatest worry. Spain 895 B Japan 10917 Billion (Public Debt) 210 200 A nation's debt to GDP ratio usually Austria 255 B 190 becomes worrisome near 90%; Japan's is over 200%. Japan has more Portugal 179 B 180 public debt than any other nation in 170 the world. Despite being the 10th most populated nation, Japan owes a staggering $86,262 per person. 160 Poland 150 247 B 140 130 |Greece 377 B 120 110 S. Africa Australia 100 122 B 268 B |Italy 2248 B 90 France 2089 B |Belgium 430 B 80 70 |Canada 1315 B |Ireland 160 B 60 UK 1831 B |Germany 2302 B 40 |Norway 188 B |Finland 116 B 30 |Sweden 165 B |Mexico 432 B 20 |Switzerland 181 B 10 |USA 10459 B 10 20 30 40 THE PRICE OF DEBT 60 PUBLIC DEBT PER CAPITA (in thousands of dollars) 70 80 The cost of borrowing varies greatly as shown by the 10-year government bonds of each country as of 11/9/11. 90 | Japan .98% yield on 10-year bonds The sheer size of Japan's debt is not currently an issue due to their extremely low borrowing costs. 30 25 15 10 25.11% .79% -98% 1.6% 1.7% 1.96% 2.09% 2.16% 2.23% 2.4% 3.02% 3.16% 3.26% 4.22% 4-34% 5.76% 5.77% 7.26% 7.84% 7.88% 11.04% Japan U.S. Sweden UK Germany Mexico Australia Norway Austria Belgium Italy GLASSMAN° Portugal WEALTH SERVICES, LLC Source: The Economist, Bloomberg, Glassman Wealth Services | Design by Melefint designs PUBLIC DEBT ASA PERCENTAGE OF GDP Swizerland Canada Finland France Poland Spain South Africa Ireland Greece

Japan: The Global Economy's Elephant in the Room

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What we see from the chart below should be causing our early-warning systems to shift into full air-raid mode. Not only is the bubble representing Japan’s debt crisis a big giant outlier, it looks j...

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