The strategy: Let inflation rip to bring the horrible debt-to-GDP ratio down. Households & yield investors pay for it. Turns out, no free lunches after all. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The “all items” Consumer Price Index […]
The country’s LNG imports increased to 6.64 million tonnes last month. LNG imports dropped slightly compared to 6.74 million tonnes of LNG in December, which was up by 5.7 percent year-on-year. The world’s second-largest LNG importer […]
Taiwan has followed in Japan’s footsteps, expressing interest in buying more liquefied natural gas from the U.S. and more specifically from a project in Alaska, Reuters has reported, citing the country’s economy ministry. The statement reflects […]
Sea levels around Japan remain stable since the 1800s where tide gauges aren’t affected by land subsidence or uplift. In a region of the world where tidal gauges are not compromised by land subsidence or […]
The world’s second-largest LNG importer took 65.89 million tonnes of LNG last year, The country imported 6.74 million tonnes of LNG in December, which was up by 5.7 percent, the data shows. The 2024 figure […]
American ingenuity advanced nuclear technology to a world-class innovation to benefit all. Interestingly, the methods used in the rest of the world are copies of the American innovations. Now, America seems to be fading into […]
Data source: Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority Japanese utilities restarted two additional nuclear reactors in 2024 that had been suspended from operations in response to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, taking the total number of restarted reactors to […]
Hokkaido Gas said on Tuesday it has decided to study the development of a “carbon-neutral” hub at the Tomakomai East Port to promote GX (green transformation) in Hokkaido. According to the utility, Hokkaido has the […]
Too little too late to help the yen that got mauled by 10 years of rampant QE. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The Bank of Japan had announced at its meeting on July 31, 2024, that it would […]
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET: The S&P 500 gained 24% in 2024 and 53% over 2023 and 2024 combined, which was a huge two-year gain, reminiscent of the Dotcom bubble at the end of the 1990s, after […]
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