"She's planning on usurping the Japanese economy and becoming a leader for all of Japan!"
"Man, if this continues, I might not be homeless and get beaten to death by hoodlums! I'm so lucky!"
The irony is that she does possess the knowledge of the upcoming recession. She probably doesn't have the finer points memorized, but she could tell people what to avoid. Like if you went back in time, you might not know the particulars of the United States housing market crash, but you could tell people in 2006/2007 to, seriously, get the fuck out of the market NOW. And it's not like you'd be a prophet, people saw it coming back then, too, and tried to voice concerns about it.