Roubini : The Yen should weaken in the long run

Nouriel Roubini, Chairman & Co-founder of Roubini Global Economics speaks to CNBC about his outlook for Japan and the Yen "there is not enough transparency and when there is not enough transparency the markets get nervous " Nouriel Roubini says we do not know much damage (there is in Japan after the quake the Tsunami and the nuclear fallout )

Roubini : Japan needs to significantly depreciate the Yen

In an interview today with CNBC Dr Nouriel Roubini talked about the Japan quake and its impact on the global economy , the future for the Yen and the Japaneses economy in general and its impact globally "Japan is going to need significant depreciation of the yen to increase its net exports because domestic demand is going to be anemic for a while. Therefore on a fundamental basis, the yen is going to be much weaker rather than stronger because you need improvement of external balance given the shock to the domestic economy," Nouriel Roubini told CNBC

Roubini : the dollar, the yen, and the Swiss franc better investments than Gold

At a recent conference on the shores of Como Lake in Italy Nouriel Roubini told the European economic leaders that the “US has run out of bullets.” and that More quantitative easing (treasury bond purchases) by the FED is not going to make any difference . Roubini explained that in the case of a double dip recession, he believes that the dollar, the yen, and the Swiss franc may be better investments than gold because the currencies are more liquid than the gold market.... Gold will be one of the preferred safe haven investments if the economy slips back into recession , "But in that situation, things like the dollar, the yen, the Swiss franc have more upside in a situation of rising risk aversion because they are much more liquid than the gold market", Roubini said.. Roubini believes that the price of Gold will rather stay at the current levels : "I believe that gold is going to trade around current level. There are two extreme events that lead to a spike in gold. One is inflation, but we have no inflation in advanced economies. If anything, there is a risk of deflation. The other event in which gold prices go up is the risk of a global financial meltdown, and that tail risk has been reduced because we backstopped the financial system." He explained