Tag: demographics

November 11, 2013 0

Japanese Households With Zero Savings Hits 31%, Most Since 1963; Sexless Youth; Currency Crisis Awaits

By News Desk

In case you missed it, please consider my October 22, 2013 report on Japan’s Sexless Youth Here are some stats according to the Japan Family Planning Association (JFPA) 45% of women aged 16-24 "were not interested in or despised sexual contact". More than a quarter of men felt the same way. Population of 126 million has been shrinking for the past decade Population projected to plunge additional one-third by 2060 Survey in 2011 found that 61% of unmarried men and 49% of women aged 18-34 were not in any kind of romantic relationship Fewer babies were born in 2012 than any year on record

December 18, 2012 0

Normalized Unemployment Rates; Cyclical vs. Secular Forces

By News Desk

Many have heard of normalized P/E ratios based on 10-year earnings averages and the concept of reversion to the mean. To the best of my knowledge no one has attempted to normalize unemployment rates based on demographic trends, although some have attempted unemployment normalizations based on changing definitions of the meaning of unemployment