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Japan: Selected Issues

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This Selected Issues paper for Japan illustrates the impact of fiscal and structural reforms on the Japanese and world economies. Japan faces a sizable fiscal deficit, against a backdrop of weak trend growth and growing imbalances in the world economy. Moreover, upward pressure on health care and social security spending owing to an aging population will add significantly to strains on public resources in the near future. The Japanese government is taking a range of measures aimed at raising productivity growth and stabilizing the public debt in relation to GDP over the medium term.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 2005. "Japan: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2005/272, International Monetary Fund.
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    1. Kiichi Tokuoka, 2010. "Rebalancing in Japan: The Role of Private Consumption," IMF Working Papers 2010/293, International Monetary Fund.
    2. International Monetary Fund, 2010. "Japan: Selected Issues," IMF Staff Country Reports 2010/212, International Monetary Fund.
    3. Ms. Elena Loukoianova, 2008. "Analysis of the Efficiency and Profitability of the Japanese Banking System," IMF Working Papers 2008/063, International Monetary Fund.
    4. Corinne Winters, 2008. "The Carry Trade, Portfolio Diversification, and the Adjustment of the Japanese Yen," Discussion Papers 08-2, Bank of Canada.
    5. Kiichi Tokuoka, 2010. "The Outlook for Financing Japan's Public Debt," IMF Working Papers 2010/019, International Monetary Fund.

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