Japan’s Crash Is Our Canary in the Coal Mine

Japan’s Crash Is Our Canary in the Coal Mine
Banknotes of Japanese yen are seen in this illustration picture taken on June 15, 2022. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters
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On Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index crashed 870 points, the biggest drop since October.
Peter St Onge is an economic research fellow in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He holds a doctorate in economics from George Mason University and is a former professor at Taiwan’s Feng Chia University. He blogs at Substack.com/@profstonge.