Just like with the yen, America cannot save the AI bubble

The Japanese currency and US tech stocks share the same fatal problem: momentum can’t survive broken fundamentals The car industry is Japan’s last economic stronghold but neither the government nor businesses are doing enough to pivot towards electric vehicles, and Chinese competition will only grow. Unless another export industry rises in replacement, the yen can only depreciate. Energy import costs are also rising rapidly in Japan, which depends on the Middle East for 90-95 per cent of its oil. The unexpectedly large trade deficit in June is an indicator of things to come.

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