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Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011 May 19, 2011 - 06:35 AM GMT

By: GoldCore

Commodities

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleGold is lower while silver is higher this morning after yesterday’s 1% and nearly 5% gains respectively. The yen has fallen as markets digest the news that the world’s third largest economy has again fallen into recession after a very sharp contraction in GDP growth in the first quarter.


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Japan's economy shrank at an annualized rate of 3.7% in the January to March quarter, almost double the margin economists had ‘forecast’.

The risk is that the effects of Japan’s disaster are likely to be felt more in the 2nd quarter from April to June meaning that Japan’s economy will likely contract even more sharply in the coming months.

The world’s third largest economy falling into recession has obvious ramifications for the global economy. Japan’s crisis is already affecting the U.S. and global economy. In the U.S., production of auto and related parts in April fell nearly 9 percent from the previous month.

A major factor in the decline was the impact of the Japanese disaster which disrupted parts supplies.

Japan is the primary source of machined parts used to make automobiles and other machines globally. Japan is also a major supplier for computer chips and electronic components.

The disaster has greatly affected Japans ability to continue to supply these critical parts. Because the global economy relies on a “just-in-time” supply system, there is little or no inventory of many of these critical parts which are made in Japan.

This has significant ramifications for industrial production and manufacturers globally and may lead to a decline in profits and a further increase in unemployment.

Gold in Japanese Yen – 1 Year (Daily)

Most Wall Street and City of London analysts have completely underestimated the risk posed by the Japanese natural disasters and deepening nuclear crisis. Thus, the risk of a return to recession and even depression in Japan is completely underestimated.

Japan, like most of the western world, is massively indebted with Japan's government debt-to-GDP ratio projected to top 200 percent this year, the heaviest in the industrialised world. Greek’s debt load is set to rise to 160% of GDP growth next year which is close to the levels seen in Zimbabwe which recently experienced hyperinflation.

Complacent analysts reassure that unlike Greece and Zimbabwe, much of Japan’s debt is held by domestic savers and the belief is that they are unlikely to sell their yen paper assets.

This assumption is highly questionable as in the event of inflation deepening and the yen continuing to fall on international markets, Japanese savers are likely to diversify out of yen denominated bonds and cash.

Ireland too had a large domestic savings base denominated in euros but this did not protect it from a sovereign debt crisis.

Massive public debt in Japan, in conjunction with very poor demographics and a shrinking population mean that Japan is increasingly vulnerable to a sovereign debt and or currency crisis.

The “past performance” of Japan’s deflation of recent years may not be indicative of future performance.

The current and continuing response of the Japanese authorities is the printing of trillions and trillions of more yen and further fiscal and monetary profligacy.

Thus, Japan looks likely to be entering a period of much higher inflation. This creates the real risk of virulent stagflation and even of hyperinflation in the coming years.

Gold in Japanese Yen – 40 Year (Weekly)

Gold in Yen Consolidates Near 120,00 and Record Nominal High of 200,000 Yen Likely

Gold’s rise in yen (see charts above) has been very gradual in recent years due to the yen’s relative strength versus other fiat currencies.

Gold in yen has had a period of massive consolidation in recent months and this base will likely be the spring board for much higher prices in the coming weeks and months.

For some 9 months, since September 2010, yen gold has consolidated over 115,000 yen per ounce (see chart above).

Yen gold is likely to rise above its nominal high of 200,000 yen seen over 31 years ago on January 18th, 1980. In the longer term, the inflation adjusted high of over ¥500,000/oz is quite possible given Japan’s dreadful fiscal and monetary position.

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