lost decade

If the current moribund economy turns into a lost decade, as some economists fear it might, it will be crucial to be prepared for it.

Yamaichi had been one of Japan's top four brokerages, and its failure is considered an iconic marker of the era known as the "lost decade. "

Even crises out of our control, like problems in the Eurozone, could trigger a "lost decade" of economic stagnation in the U. S.

Instead, they suggest that we may be heading for a Japan-style lost decade, trapped in a prolonged era of high unemployment and slow growth.

All this raises the possibility that the US central bank may have drawn the wrong lessons from Japan's lost decade.

No one in their right mind thinks that the United States could fall victim to a Japanese-like lost decade.

Of course, just as the Japan hype reached its peak, the country was entering its "lost decade" of economic stagnation.

Japan slackened its efforts halfway through its lost decade, ensuring another five years of stagnation.

FOR American and European savers it has been a lost decade.

To put it in context , during the misleadingly named " Lost Decade " output in fact grew by a cumulative 15 per cent .

Over this Lost Decade, 5. 8 million manufacturing jobs, one of every three we had in Y2K, disappeared.

Over the five years to 2007 real private consumption grew by 1. 1% a year, about the same level as during the "lost decade" of the 1990s.

Since the lost decade, Japan's labour force has become more flexible, as the post-war tradition of lifetime employment has waned.

Greece is being asked to do what Latin America did in the 1980s. That led to a lost decade, the beneficiaries being foreign creditors.

A debt-laden economy emerging from a banking crisis looked vulnerable to a Japanese-style "lost decade" of faltering recovery.

Numerous lessons have been drawn from Japan's "lost decade" , mostly focusing on technical issues of monetary policy and banking regulation.

Many firms failed to restructure seriously during the lost decade, especially after 2002 when record profits poured in from exports.

If you hope to avoid a lost decade or more, you'll have to add stocks from the world's fastest-growing economies to your portfolio.

Japan's "lost decade" of economic stagnation is now approaching two decades with no end in sight.

Japan's "lost decade" workers make up a disproportionate share of depression and stress cases reported by employers.

Its "lost decade" , he argued, was the consequence of "not act[ing] boldly or swiftly enough" .

And noting the sluggish growth and high unemployment in the United States, she is warning of a "lost decade" ahead for the world economy.

For a decade or so Japan's lost decade has been the great bugaboo of modern macroeconomics.

During the country's "lost decade" in the 1990s, Japanese firms shed some staff, but failed to make deeper structural changes.

The net result was a lost decade for Latin America but a big boost to the international banking system.

The big risk, in short, is now of a lost decade.

The alternative is likely to be a lost decade.

The lost decade is no longer exclusively a Japan story.

The past 10 years have been a lost decade for many investors.

Latin American countries suffered a lost decade after 1982, and Japan has been stagnating for a quarter-century; both have survived.

If the U. S. doesn't tumble back into recession, the consensus holds, we'll face a Japan-style lost decade.

Japan was about to enter its second lost decade. Developing Asia was reeling after a devastating crisis.

Would the Obama economic plan, if enacted, ensure that America won't have its own lost decade?

Regulatory delay resulted in a "lost decade" of economic stagnation there.

Deflation contributed to Japan's "lost decade" of the 1990s, and the country is still battling it.

What you should do to avoid a repeat of the past lost decade is obvious , although it undoubtedly feels extremely daunting.

For the UK, as we contemplate a lost decade and hope of a better one to come, now is exactly the time to chart a better course.

The first argument was used to justify the policies of denial that gave Latin America its "lost decade" in the 1980s.

It was, according to a wide range of data, a lost decade for American workers.

The country's most serious challenge, she says, is to avoid "another lost decade" of low growth.

America is six years into a lost decade.

For many Americans, the first decade of the 21st century was a lost decade for the economy.

The damage done by these failures threatens another lost decade, a fate the country needs your help to avoid.

For while there is discussion about what can be learnt from Japan's lost decade, little attention has been paid to earlier periods.

THE ghost of Japan's "lost decade" haunts the United States.

Today, it is impossible to rule out a lost decade for the world economy.

That produced an economic bubble and subsequent "lost decade" , a period that came to an end after Mr Koizumi became prime minister in 2001.

Those trends, though they have worsened this year, date further back, to the "lost decade" of the 1990s.

It never suffered deflation this severe throughout the lost decade of the 1990s.

For Japan, the end of zero interest rates signals that a "lost decade" of falling asset prices and deflation is well and truly behind it.

In terms of employment growth, the 2000s were also a lost decade.

If we freeze our toxic securities for 20 years, a Japanese-style lost decade will soon come to be regarded as the optimistic scenario.

They predict that bursting bubbles will lead to a Chinese equivalent to Japan's "lost decade" of the 1990s.

Japanese-style "lost decade" threatens the developed world.

Japan's markets have suffered their second 'lost decade' in a row.

Now he's telling investors not to expect another lost decade.

But it was not a lost decade for all stocks.

For a "lost decade" from 1992 the economy stagnated, never recovering the growth rates posted in the 1980s.

During Japan's "lost decade" in the 1990s some companies flourished by introducing high-quality products at low prices.

Another lost decade between the time a hurry.

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The list of roadblocks is depressing, but America will not slip back into recession or a lost decade akin to Japan's in the 1990s.

Unless dramatic changes take place, Japan may suffer a third lost decade.

The chances of a "lost decade" are high.

Journalists then spent the latter half of the '90s writing about Japan's "lost decade. "

But while East Asia experienced a long boom, Latin America endured its "lost decade" .

Microsoft continues to suffer through its very own lost decade.

We've lost four years. We're betting we're not going to have a lost decade.

It is time we finally learned the lessons of this lost decade.

Is there a risk that the US will suffer a Japanese-style lost decade?

Europe may be lucky to get away with just one lost decade.

During the lost decade the average annual bonus of directors of FTSE 100 companies increased 187% and director's salaries 64%.

The consequent bubble helped deliver the "lost decade" of the 1990s.

The world economy will not, it seems, relive the 1930s. It should also avoid Japan's lost decade of the 1990s.

He's just the leading English-speaking expert on Japan's lost decade.

A period of feeble economic performance called Japan's "lost decade" resulted.

This ushered in the "lost decade" , now into its third cycle.

Unconvincing point: The lost decade is a myth.

Another lost decade for investors?

That caused a "lost decade" for Latin America.

Japan did have some inflation during its "lost decade" , courtesy of China's boom, which soaked up Japan's excesses.

Yet all was not lost in the "lost decade" .

Japan's economy: Whose lost decade?

The sharp decline in prices since 2006 has meant a lost decade for many owners.

Lessons from a "lost decade"

What has Japan's "lost decade" to teach us?

The most obvious one is that Japan began its Lost Decade as the world's largest creditor nation, and it still is.

Now we can avert a lost decade by recognising economic reality.

The Japanese economy never recovered, and the 1990s are now known as the "lost decade" in Japan.

Nowadays, all we hear are warnings not to repeat the mistakes that resulted in Japan's "lost decade" of economic growth.

Experiences of deflation in the Great Depression and the "lost decade" in Japan suggest it causes great hardship.

They need to seize opportunities from growth in developing countries to avoid their own lost decade.

They came of age in Japan's lost decade of economic stagnation.

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