Posted on 03/16/2016 7:36:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Japan reports that it posted its biggest trade surplus in over four years in February, thanks to a strengthening in the yen and weak oil prices.
The 242.8 billion yen ($2.2 billion) surplus reported Thursday compares with a deficit of 426 billion yen a year earlier and a deficit of 648.8 billion yen in January. …
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Is the population breeding enough to replace itself yet? That’s the big question. Sure, money is fine but extinction is forever...
sooo... printing money actually works, but only if you are “big enough” and have a fundamentally sound industrial base?
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