Structural change in Japan : macroeconomic impact and policy challenges /

This volume, by Bijan B. Aghevli, Tamim Bayoumi, and Guy Meredith, is based on a seminar on structural change in Japan held in early 1997 and chaired by the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, Stanley Fischer. Discussion of teh day-to-day management of the standard levers of fiscal and moneta...

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Other Authors: Aghevli, Bijan B. (Editor), Bayoumi, Tamim A. (Editor), Meredith, Guy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [1998]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Stanley Fischer
  • The yen : summary of staff views / Bijan B. Aghevli
  • The yen : past movements and future prospects / Guy Meredith
  • External sector : summary of staff views / Bijan B. Aghevli
  • Japanese foreign direct investment and regional trade / Tamim Bayoumi and Gabrielle Lipworth
  • Monetary policy : summary of staff views / Guy Meredith
  • Structural change and information content of financial variables for monetary policy / Christopher Towe
  • Background paper : a reexamination of indicators of monetary and financial conditions / Gabrielle Lipworth and Guy Meredith
  • Fiscal policy : summary of staff views / Guy Meredith
  • The Japanese fiscal system and fiscal transparency / Tamim Bayoumi
  • Background paper : Japan's medium- and long-term fiscal challenges / Kenji Okamura
  • Concluding remarks.