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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 3:29 am
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Originally Posted by peachy3
The best thing Japan has going for them is all of their debt is domestic. Unlike USA!
I'm not at all sure that's a good thing. Sure, it makes borrowing ridiculously cheap because domestic investors accept absurdly low JGB yields; but that's more part of the problem than part of the solution.

In fact, most government borrowing being domestic is one factor which is going to aggravate Japan's macro apocalypse when it does come (does anyone think 'if', not 'when'?)
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