Japan: Selected Issues
Summary:
This Selected Issues paper analyzes Japan’s medium- and long-term fiscal challenges. It discusses the initiatives that will be necessary to cope with Japan’s medium- and long-term fiscal challenges. It describes medium- and long-term projections of the fiscal position, and assesses the size of the consolidation measures needed to restore long-term fiscal sustainability. The paper explores possible options for consolidation and offers a representative package of such measures. The paper also describes the projected baseline path for the long-term fiscal balance, incorporating the long-term pension reform plan formulated in 1994.
Series:
Country Report No. 1996/114
Subject:
Bank credit Banking Credit Employment Expenditure Foreign exchange Labor Money Pensions Real exchange rates
English
Publication Date:
November 7, 1996
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451820522/1934-7685
Stock No:
1JPNEA0021996
Pages:
210
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