My latest nice problem is Japan
A positive trade deal with the US masks a year of zero equity returns in sterling
A positive trade deal with the US masks a year of zero equity returns in sterling

Trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa pushes for clarification on ‘stacked’ levies as exporters report huge charges

Even as it faces national dotage, the country remains a formidable industrial power

The country is the darling of investors, but that could change

Wave of US trade levies arrive, Bank of England sets interest rates, and Japan observes 80th anniversary of atomic bomb drops

History suggests the political approach ends in unsustainable debt and lower GDP

The statistical blind spot could affect everything from interest rate cuts to investment decisions