As Rapidly Aging Asia Takes On More Debt, Stimulus, & financial engineering Won't Help: Moody's

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The demographic decline in Asia, particularly in Japan, has been well documented. Meaningful numbers of elderly are retiring in far greater numbers than young working age people are replacing them. As a working-age population growth problem spreads across the region, especially in Eastern Asia , reducing economic prospects, a Moody’s report notes a potential solution that will require a cultural transition. [timeless] Eastern Asia is rapidly aging and more debt, quantitative stimulus, and financial engineering likely won’t solve the problem In 2015 the World Bank’s Philip O’Keef highlighted a significant problem. Asia is aging. Then more than 211 million people…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.