Japan: Selected Issues

November 2, 2000

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Japan: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

A sustained decline in fertility rates underlies a rapid aging and decline of Japan's population. This will have profound social and economic implications. The paper illustrates the difficult situation facing Japanese fiscal policy in the years ahead. The findings of this paper indicate that there may be a role for foreign exchange interventions in providing stimulus at the current conjuncture. Deposit insurance reform is a central element in the government strategy to strengthen the Japanese banking system. The unemployment-deflation puzzle in Japan has been explained.

Subject: Aging, Deposit insurance, Exchange rates, Financial crises, Foreign exchange, Labor, Pensions, Population and demographics, Wages

Keywords: Age-earnings profile, Aging, Bank, CR, Dependency ratio, Deposit, Deposit insurance, Exchange rates, Global, ISCR, Pensions, Resolution tool, Wages, Yen appreciation, Yen-dollar market, Yen-dollar rate

Publication Details

Pages:

113
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2000/144
Stock No:

1JPNEA0032000
ISBN:

9781451820591
ISSN:

1934-7685

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