18 September 2009

Deleveraging In Japan's Big Bust

After Japan's bubbles burst, private nonfinancial firms undertook a massive deleveraging, reducing their collective debt-to-GDP ratio from 125% in 1991 to 95% in 2001.


Via Angry Bear.

In the U.S., households are currently at 125.6% and are shedding debt fast.

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