I mentioned in a previous post last year that Japan’s situation wasn’t that bad at all. The current account was improving, the budget deficit was contained, bond yields were falling and I said that the benefits of the restart of the nuclear reactors was going to boost the economy of Japan. Well, two of the 48 nuclear reactors have been restarted and many more are going to be restarted as approvals are underway. With this in mind, let’s see how the fiscal situation will look like in 2016.
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