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The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Remedies

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  • Naoyuki Yoshino

    (Professor of Economics Keio University 2-15-45 Mita Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8345 Japan,)

  • Eisuke Sakakibara

    (Professor Keio University Tokyo, Japan Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan)

Abstract

Japan has reached the limits of conventional macroeconomic policies. Lowering interest rates will not stimulate the economy because widespread excess capacity has made private investment insensitive to interest rate changes. Increasing government expenditure in the usual way will have small effects because it will take the form of unproductive investment in the rural areas. Cutting taxes will not increase consumption because workers are concerned about job security and future pension and medical benefits. Expanding the monetary base will not induce banks to increase investment loans because the proportion of nonper-forming loans in their portfolios is growing because of the prolonged economic stagnation. In order for sustained economic recovery to occur in Japan, the government must change the makeup and regional allocation of public investments, resolve the problem of nonperforming loans in the banking system, improve the corporate governance and operations of the banks, and strengthen the international competitiveness of domestically oriented companies in the agriculture, construction, and service industries. Copyright (c) 2002 Center for International Development at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Naoyuki Yoshino & Eisuke Sakakibara, 2002. "The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Remedies," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 1(2), pages 110-126.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:1:y:2002:i:2:p:110-126
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