Narratives that portray macroeconomic policies in Japan as unlike ones pursued in other large economies persist. I … revisit how several factors, including monetary, fiscal, and demographic factors impact Japan, the US, and the euro area … response does differ across the economies examined. Japan may not be like other systemically important economies in all …

This paper considers whether 'liquidity trap' issues have important bearing on the desirability of inflation targeting … perspective, a quantitative open-economy model is developed and the likelihood of encountering a liquidity trap is explored for … several policy rules. Also, it is emphasized that, if the usual interest rate instrument is immobilized by a liquidity trap …

This paper considers whether 'liquidity trap' issues have important bearing on the desirability of inflation targeting … perspective, a quantitative open-economy model is developed and the likelihood of encountering a liquidity trap is explored for … several policy rules. Also, it is emphasized that, if the usual interest rate instrument is immobilized by a liquidity trap …