Interest Rates: Newspaper Headlines and Debt Levels

interest rates: Remember that It was back in the 1980s, when newspaper headlines proclaimed that the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace were worth more than all of the real estate in California. ; Japan's real estate market is peaking out and ready to head down, S&P said, according to The Japan Times. Although the conditions in the office leasing market are solid, there are signs of a slowdown in corporate earnings, particularly among manufacturers. That's the assessment of S&P Global Ratings, which said in a report Friday that the sector's debt levels now eclipse that of the nation's bubble era. In addition, we expect major upticks in central Tokyo office building supply in 2020 and 2023. Although interest rates in Japan have been low for years, domestic lenders have seen their profitability weaken because of shrinking net interest margins. Companies most at risk are Mitsubishi Estate Co., Mitsui Fudosan Co., Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. and Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.