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Japan rescinds war on deflation

deleveraging story. Japan is not “insolvent”, at least that is what the external debt metrics say. But the only real policy flexibility is held by the central bank. And the…

Fire sales and liquidity

…goes there anymore, its too crowded” Berra ? Direct quote of the US Treasury “a wide-scale deleveraging in these markets and led to fire sales. As prices declined, many traditional…

Making the Market to Mark to.

…a panic, or forced deleveraging (due to mark to market rules) or adverse selection. I don’t believe any of this. However, I note that, if this is the problem, there…

The Accelerator

…1995 through 2008 then lower than predicted investment since the trough in 2009. This very much fits the story of two speculative bubbles (.com stuff then houses) followed by deleveraging….