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Bessent Hints BOJ Should Raise Rates to Boost Yen
Currency Markets Shake Off Bessent’s Efforts
Source: Based on data from WSJ
China’s Slowdown and the Myth of the Middle-Income Trap
Source: https://data.imf.org/-/media/iData/External-Storage/Documents/2F78EE59F79143A7921E5E203D3AAA80/en/WEOApr2026all.xlsx Note: This excludes countries with less than 3 million people and major oil exporters
FLASH: The Ministry of Finan...
I'll Be Speaking At Temple University of Japan May 21, 6:30 PM
Topic: The Impact of the Iran War on Japan and Asia
I’ll be speaking at Temple University of Japan on Thursday evening, May 21st at 6:30 to 8 pm.
In Rare 6-3 Vote, BOJ Delays Interest Rate Hike Again
BOJ Sees Higher Prices and Lower Growth Due to Iran War
Source: https://www.boj.or.jp/en/research/research_data/cpi/cpirev.xlsx Note: This shows the gap between prices at the cash register and what prices would have been if the government...
Educational Equality: From “Paradise Lost” To “The Great Gatsby Curve”
Source: https://www.cgdev.org/blog/great-gatsby-curve-younger-and-poorer-how-inequality-explains-learning-outcomes-around-world Note: Income inequality and the degree to which the test scores of children depend on their parents’ income; see...
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Richard Katz is a Special Correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai of Japan, and, during the years of working on his latest book, was a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs
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