Unfortunately not much time to comment on it now, but I found this month's Japan Credit Perspectives very useful as a summary of what happened to Japan during its own financial crisis. It also provides analysis and some thoughts on how it relates to the US now.
Japan’s cumulative bad debt totaled an estimated 25–30% of GDP, while the value actually written off by financial institutions amounted to nearly 100 trillion yen (US$910 billion) or 20% of GDP. The large banks alone accounted for 75 trillion yen (US$680 billion) of this total (Chart 10). This exceeds the combined value of their net worth of 20 trillion yen (US$180 billion) and 14 years worth of net operating profits at 50 trillion yen (US$450 billion). ...
Some comparisons vs. the US:
Creditor nation vs. debtor nation: Japan is a creditor nation and does not rely on overseas financing, so its bad debt situation was an internal problem. The U.S. is a debtor nation, which complicates the matter. Also, U.S. housing loans and other securitized products are widely held by overseas investors, so the risk can easily spread to global markets.Japan’s bad debt problem on a cumulative basis amounted to a whopping 25–30% of the nation’s GDP (Chart 14), whereas the subprime problem is an estimated 5–10% of U.S. GDP.
Read the whole thing here.
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