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Projected % Change
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2008
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2009
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Real GDP
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1.433
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1.489
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Consumer Prices
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0.620
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1.271
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Source: World Economic Outlook (April 2008)
Please refer to more recent PIN/Staff reports on this country for possible revisions.
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Japan and the IMF
Updated May 9, 2008
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The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on July 27, 2007. Japan is a subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard. Listed below are items related to Japan, in reverse chronological order (you can also view items by category).
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| May 08, 2008 --  Transcript of an Address at the Council on Foreign Relations, by First Deputy Managing Director, John Lipsky
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| April 14, 2008 -- Transcript of the Development Committee Press Briefing by Agustín Carstens, Chairman, Development Committee; Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank Group; and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, IMF
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| April 12, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Fukushiro Nukaga, Minister of Finance of Japan
The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of Japan. PDF File Size: 181Kb
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| April 01, 2008 -- Issues Brief - Reform of IMF Quotas and Voice: Responding to Changes in the Global Economy
On March 28, 2008, the Executive Board of the IMF endorsed a major package of reforms that will enhance the institution's governance. Once approved by the Fund's Board of Governors (they are expected to cast their votes by April 28), the agreement will adjust quota shares to better reflect the relative weight of member countries in the world economy, particularly that of dynamic emerging countries. It will also enhance the voice and representation of low-income countries within the IMF.
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| March 20, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by David Hawley, Senior Advisor, External Relations Department, IMF
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| March 01, 2008 -- Analysis of the Efficiency and Profitability of the Japanese Banking System
Author/Editor: Loukoianova, Elena
Series: Working Paper No. 08/63
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| March 01, 2008 -- Japan's Corporate Income Tax - Overview and Challenges
Author/Editor: Dalsgaard, Thomas
Series: Working Paper No. 08/70
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| February 07, 2008 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Masood Ahmed, Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund
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| January 31, 2008 -- Transcript of a Joint Seminar by the IMF and the Brookings Institution on "Global Downturn? The World Economy in 2008"
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| January 29, 2008 -- Financial Market Update:
Global financial market conditions have worsened since the publication of the October 2007 Global Financial Stability Report as the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis widens. What began as a test of the structured credit markets and the associated funding needs has reached a new phase where credit concerns now extend beyond the subprime sector.
Text also available in: عربي; 中文; Español; Français; 日本語; русский.
Charts (pdf file in English only)
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| December 12, 2007 -- Challenges and Opportunities from Financial Globalization for Fund Managers and Policy Makers in the Asia-Pacific Region, Remarks by Takatoshi Kato, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
At The Business Forum, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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| November 29, 2007 -- Transcript of a Book Forum: "One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economy Growth"
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| November 19, 2007 -- Financial Market Turbulence and Global Imbalances, Remarks at Conference on European Economic Integration, Austrian National Bank, by John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
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| November 02, 2007 -- Transcript of Managing Director Press Breakfast
With IMF Managing Director Dominque Strauss-Kahn, Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky and External Relations Department Director Masood Ahmed
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| October 25, 2007 -- The World after the Crisis in the Credit Markets: Economic Outlook and Challenges - Speech by Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
At the 30th Anniversary of the Valencian Business Confederation, Valencia
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| October 22, 2007 -- Statement by the Hon. Otohiko Endo, Temporary Alternate Governor of the World Bank Group and the IMF for Japan, at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 27Kb
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| October 20, 2007 -- IMFC Statement by Fukushiro Nukaga, Minister of Finance, Japan
On behalf of: Japan. PDF File Size: 192Kb
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| October 17, 2007 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Research Department, on the World Economic Outlook's Global Forecast Chapters
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| October 15, 2007 -- Transcript of a Press Briefing by Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
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| October 05, 2007 -- Challenges to the International Monetary System: Rebalancing Currencies, Institutions, and Rates
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