IMF Staff Country Reports

Japan: Economic and Policy Developments

October 12, 1999

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Japan: Economic and Policy Developments, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

This paper provides a brief overview of the causes of the poor economic performance of Japan in the 1990s, and a more detailed analysis of developments in the real sector during 1999. The paper highlights that the collapse of the asset price bubble in 1990–91 provided the trigger for the downturn in 1992, and compounded the economic problems thereafter through its effects on the banking system. This paper also analyzes the fiscal policy developments and the monetary developments in Japan.

Subject: Banking, Budget planning and preparation, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Loans, National accounts, Private consumption, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Asset price collapse, BOJ bill, BOJ measure, Budget planning and preparation, Business investment, Consumption, CR, Fiscal policy, Foreign exchange, Global, Government bond, Investment, ISCR, Loan, Loans, North America, Price, Private consumption

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    109

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1999/114

  • Stock No:

    1JPNEA0031999

  • ISBN:

    9781451820584

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685