The zombie share peaked in 2010 at 16% and declined in the subsequent recovery by a mere 2 percentage points. Since 2015 the share of zombie companies is already rising again
Probability of a zombie remaining a zombie in the following year rose to 85% in 2017 #recession#economy
🇯🇵 Bank of Japan’s loan programs risk revival of zombie firms
“Longer the support goes on the greater the risk that zombie firms will be”
“Once the economy starts recovering, what used to be good policy can become overkill” #Japan#recession
They restrict the entry of new, more productive companies, diminish job creation in the economy and lock capital into unproductive uses. In a word, they are a menace to the economy and society #recession
Central bankers will take an active (in practice, permanent) role in the financial markets. The hope is that this would keep the global asset bubble inflated and the world economy going #recession
🇦🇺 Australians racked up enormous debts as rising incomes and falling interest rates allowed them to take out larger mortgages to pursue escalating property prices #Australia#debt#recession