The Bank of Japan just did what most thought was impossible: another rate hike, pushing JGB yields into territory the modern financial system has never had to absorb.
This isn’t a Japan-only story.
This is a global stress test.
🧨 WHY THIS IS DANGEROUS — FAST
For decades, Japan survived on near-zero rates.
That was the life support.
Now it’s gone — and the math turns brutal.
• 🇯🇵 ~$10 TRILLION in government debt
• Higher yields = exploding debt service
• Interest starts eating fiscal revenue
• Policy flexibility disappears
No modern economy escapes this cleanly:
→ Default
→ Restructuring
→ Inflation
And Japan never breaks alone.
🌍 THE HIDDEN GLOBAL SHOCKWAVE
Japan holds trillions in foreign assets:
• $1T+ in U.S. Treasuries
• Hundreds of billions in global stocks & bonds
Those positions only worked when Japanese yields paid nothing.
Now?
• Domestic bonds finally pay real returns
• After FX hedging, U.S. Treasuries lose money for Japanese investors
That’s not sentiment.
That’s arithmetic.
💥 Capital comes home.
Even a few hundred billion in repatriation = global liquidity vacuum.
💣 THE REAL DETONATOR: YEN CARRY TRADE
Over $1 TRILLION borrowed cheaply in yen and deployed into:
→ Stocks
→ Crypto
→ EM assets
As Japanese rates rise and the yen strengthens:
• Carry trades unwind
• Margin calls trigger
• Forced selling begins
• Correlations go to ONE
Everything sells. Together.
⚠️ SECOND-ORDER EFFECTS
• U.S.–Japan yield spreads tighten
• Japan has less incentive to fund U.S. deficits
• U.S. borrowing costs rise
And if the BoJ hikes again?
→ Yen spikes
→ Carry trades detonate harder
→ Risk assets feel it instantly
Printing isn’t an option anymore:
Print → Yen weakens → Import inflation explodes → Domestic pressure spikes
📉 This isn’t noise.
This is macro gravity reasserting itself.
Watch the next 48 hours closely.
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