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Monetary control, interest rates and exchange rates: the case of Japan, 1973-1986

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  • Michael M. Hutchison

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This paper analyzes the extent to which Japan's success at maintaining a low and stable inflation rate since the mid-1970s, while avoiding a major recession, is attributable to a switch in monetary control procedures by the Bank of Japan toward a so-called \"money focused\" monetary policy. Through estimation of an explicit Bank of Japan (BoJ) reaction function and using the vector autoregressions methodology, we find that little of the variation in the BoJ operating instrument is associated with an attempt to maintain money aggregates growth along a predetermined path. We do find, however, that the BoJ has systematically directed policy in an attempt to moderate yen-dollar exchange rate fluctuations.

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  • Michael M. Hutchison, 1986. "Monetary control, interest rates and exchange rates: the case of Japan, 1973-1986," Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory 86-08, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfap:86-08
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    1. Rixtel, A.A.R.J. & Eijffinger, S.C.W., 1992. "The Japanese financial system : financial markets and institutions in historical perspective," Serie Research Memoranda 0047, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
    2. Eijffinger, Sylvester & van Rixtel, Adrian, 1992. "The Japanese financial system and monetary policy: a descriptive review," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 4(4), pages 291-309, December.

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    Japan; Monetary policy - Japan;

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