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During the past three decades, Japan's current account experienced five large swings. The yen appreciated considerably in periods when the current account boomed, and it depreciated whenever Japan's external performance weakened. However, there has always been a certain lag in the adjustment of...
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Three current account imbalances - one very large deficit (the United States) and two surpluses (Japan and the Euro area) - are subjected to a minimalist structural interpretation. Though simple, this interpretation enables us to assess how much of each of the imbalances require a real exchange...
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euro area and Japanese inflation dynamics are best explained by Taylor-style contracts, while Buiter …-Jewitt/Fuhrer-Moore contracts perform somewhat better in fitting U.S. inflation dynamics. We are unable to fit Calvo-style contracts to inflation … backward-looking element. The completed model matches inflation and output dynamics in the United States, the euro area and …
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impact of the zero bound on the effectiveness of interest rate policy in Japan in terms of stabilizing output and inflation …
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impact of the zero bound on the effectiveness of interest rate policy in Japan in terms of stabilizing output and inflation …
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shocks on output and the current account for China and Japan. We use structural vector auto-regression models and find that … the other hand, has an insignificant effect on the current account, although it tends to reduce output in China. For China …
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For creditor countries on the periphery of the dollar standard such as China with current account surpluses, foreign … the (incipient) deflation that China now faces. It could create a zero-interest liquidity trap in financial markets that …
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?)—although the pressure on Japan to appreciate is not yet as great as it now is on the People’s Republic of China (PRC). But Japan is … effective in placating foreign mercantilists. Under foreign pressure to appreciate the renminbi, the PRC, with its booming …
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. Deflation subsided by 2005. As soon as inflation appeared to stabilize near a rate of zero, the Bank of Japan rapidly reduced …
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