Japan Ends the Global Free Money Era
It it’s still significant. You know, the rate is now at the highest in three decades. >> Japan just did something it hasn’t done since before the iPhone existed. Its central bank raised interest rates to levels last seen in the mid 1990s. So, Japan just wasn’t another country with low rates. It was the anchor of cheap money for the global system. For decades, banks and investors borrowed yen because it cost almost nothing, then use that money everywhere else. That foundation is starting to shift. When Japan makes moves like this, it sends shock waves through global finance. Governments pay more to fund debt. Companies pull back on hiring and expansion. And consumers feel it through tighter credit from mortgages to car loans. What happens next shows whether this spreads. Traders are watching rates elsewhere for signs borrowing is tightening. Banks are watching currencies to see where money moves. Markets are watching credit. That’s where stress appears first. Subscribe for more news that the bias or spin.
Japan just raised interest rates to levels last seen in the 1990s — ending decades of ultra-cheap borrowing.
Because Japan was a major source of low-cost global money, that shift can ripple outward: raising borrowing costs for governments and companies, tightening credit, and eventually affecting things consumers feel — like loans, hiring, and prices.
Markets are now watching where that pressure shows up next.
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