bubble economy
Inflated market prices
A bubble economy is one inflated by speculation rather than underlying value—asset prices rise because buyers expect to sell higher, not because of genuine productivity or earnings.
When confidence breaks, prices collapse rapidly.
Japan's late 1980s real estate and stock boom is the classic example: The bubble economy burst in 1991, beginning Japan's lost decade.
- market speculationRisky investment based on predictions
- irrational exuberanceUnjustified collective market optimism
- herd behaviorMimicking the group's actions
- financial instabilityUnreliable economic condition
- credit crunchSevere reduction in lending
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- Heisei Japandeflation, Fukushima, Shinzo Abe, recession, Fukushima disaster
- Japan economyBank of Japan, yen, Nikkei, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Toyota
- Japanese businessToyota, Honda, Sony, Nissan, Mitsubishi
- Modern JapanTokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hirohito, bullet train
- Showa JapanHirohito, Emperor Hirohito, Imperial Japan, Tokyo, Tojo
- JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido
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Prolonged securities decline
market correction · market bottom · deflation · fair value · value investing
bubble economydepression
Prolonged low state
recession · economic collapse · economic contraction · economic depression · bust
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