, the United States, Germany, and Japan). We employ a dynamic small open economy business cycle model that incorporates a …

and associated inflation expectations for the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Sweden, Japan, and the United …

Japan''s key fiscal challenge is to put public finances on a more sustainable footing. This paper investigates the … macroeconomic implications of alternative fiscal strategies for Japan using the IMF''s Global Fiscal Model. The results suggest that … of the world from consolidation in Japan are positive in the medium term, but modest …

Modifications to Japan''s monetary policy framework will be needed as positive inflation resumes because the current …

This chapter focuses on IMF's technical assistance (TA) activities and describes Japan Administered Account for … IMF resources for technical assistance. Japan also provides financial support for a scholarship program for qualified …

This paper uses vector autoregressions to examine the monetary transmission mechanism in Japan. The empirical results …

liquidity risk. We find that, during Japan''s deflationary period, firms with more liquid balance sheets were less exposed to …

? And why did it take so long for Japan to recover from the bursting of its asset price bubble of the late 1980s? In this … volume, a team from the International Monetary Fund examines the causes of the lingering economic problems of Japan, the … economy through a series of stimulus packages. This book presents a compelling story about Japan's economy. Its message - that …

Japan showed strong economic recovery from the crisis. Executive Directors welcomed the development and stressed the … Bank of Japan’s monetary framework is well suited to the post deflation environment and welcomed the improvement in …

commodities that are traded between Japan and its East Asian trading partners to investigate the response of tradable goods prices … customs data for the period 1988-98, it shows that price pass-through is much larger for exports from Japan than for imports … to Japan …