Japan's top man shocked the nation last week when he announced the largest budget deficit ever.

The US economy was following Japan into a long, slow slump.

The 1990's was the best calendar decade in history for stocks, with an annual gain on average of 17.5%.  This decade, by contrast, was the worst calendar decade for stocks.

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Are we going to grow at 5-6% or at 1-2% or dip back into recession?  Why such disparity?

We are supposed to believe that investors can avoid the calamities of the past by studying what happened in previous market cycles.

Interest rate speculation has been a major contributor to the dollar’s strength so far, and the consensus forecast for a hike in June is closing in.

Three consecutive weeks of declines nonetheless leave the single currency at high risk for a short-term bounce, and a holiday-shortened week of trading may produce especially choppy price action.

The monetary policy landscape seems to point to gains in USD/JPY.