One reason I love finance is it gives you reasons to look into the fascinating underbellies of the global economy to answer weird questions. Here's one: why would someone outside of Japan ever want to loan the Japanese government money at ~0% interest?https://www.cfr.org/blog/puzzle-japans-balance-payments-what-explains-strong-foreign-demand-jgbs …
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Read on for more interesting tidbits, including how the risk appetite of Japanese fisherman facing retirement dominates the Caribbean domiciled but really US-based issuance CLOs which determine the market for US-based corporate junk bonds.
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Thanks a lot Patrick now I have to spend another Sunday researching a tweet I don't fully understand but found very interesting. Good by social life. *Opens yet another tab in my browser*
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“Need help with your carry trade? Let me lend you money so you can buy more of my stuff. “
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Does this also explain why anyone outside the EU wants Germany’s negative interest loans? Or completely unrelated reasons? (Genuinely curious)
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