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To Explain Inflation-Spurring Efforts, Bankers Turn to 'Monetary Base'
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Comparisons of the U.S. Economy with Japan, considering the Federal Reserve's easy money policy and little lending by banks.
10/15/2009
Is the US economy already in a liquidity trap with exploding monetary growth and little consumer lending asks Christopher Wood. Views of other experts on the subject.
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Target Is 'Flexible,' Says Japan Bank Chief
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Sluggish Economic Recovery Proves Resilient
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Is the U.S. Economy Turning Japanese?
Wall Street Journal 10/27/2009
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The Bank of Japan, Japan's central bank, under Haruhiko Kuroda in 2013-2016
02/22/2013
The yen weakens to 94.77 yen to the dollar on Feb 25, 2013 after the announcement of the appointment of Kuroda to head the central bank by prime minister Abe. Kuroda sets a two year time frame to achieve the 2% inflation target. He has experience in monetary and currency policy as he was head of the currency policy department at the finance ministry in the early 2000's, and has published a book about the failure and success of monetary and fiscal policy. For 2 years Kuroda lectured at Hitoshibashi University, before becoming head of the Asian Development Bank. Kuroda brings the kind of experience and caliber that Bernanke, Draghi and King bring to the central banks of the U.S., Europe and the UK.
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Target Is 'Flexible,' Says Japan Bank Chief
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2013
Japan Official Cites Fundamentals in Yen's Drop
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
G-20 Backs Japan on Yen Policies
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2013
OECD Welcomes BOJ Inflation Target, Easing
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
BOJ Price Forecast Falls Short of Target
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
China's limited monetary and fiscal policy options in 2011-2012
04/14/2010
Higher inflation and a bubble in property prices limit the use of monetary policy. A lending binge in 2008-2009 during the financial crisis, and resulting bad loans, limits China's spending options in 2011.
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BusinessWeek 04/14/2010
Chinese debt: The great hole of China
Economist 10/17/2014
Still Reserved on China's Policy Shift
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2011
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2011
New York Times 12/18/2011
Long-term understanding of the U.S. economic crisis - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/19/2012
The Bank of Japan, Japan's central bank, and monetary policy
03/01/2011
The central bank of Japan and its policies for the yen and deflationary trends.
Grouped Articles
Target Is 'Flexible,' Says Japan Bank Chief
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
Japan Official Cites Fundamentals in Yen's Drop
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
G-20 Backs Japan on Yen Policies
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2013
OECD Welcomes BOJ Inflation Target, Easing
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
BOJ Price Forecast Falls Short of Target
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
Bank of Japan's Inflation Game Going Into Extra Innings
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2013
Central bank governors Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi, Stanley Fischer, Mervyn King and the MIT Economics Department
01/28/2008
Ben Bernanke and Mervyn King once shared an office as professors at MIT. Stanley Fischer was Draghi's and Bernanke's PhD. advisor. The MIT economics department fostered a view in the 1990's in which central banks played an active role when markets failed and the economy stumbled. This followed a period of post-Keynes views at the universities of Rochester, Minnesota, and Chicago, that markets operated on rational expectations and needed minimal intervention by central banks.
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A Hawkish Signal Bernanke Didn't Send
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
In Shift, Bank of England Pledges Low Rates
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2013
Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed
New York Times 08/20/2013
Stanley Fischer, Fed Nominee, Has Long History of Policy Leadership
New York Times 03/12/2014
Janet Yellen and Fed Predecessors Find Common Ground Onstage
New York Times 04/07/2016
MIT Forged Activist Views of Central Bank Role and Cinched Central Bankers' Ties
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2012
U.S. Federal Reserve's 6.5% unemployment target with 2% inflation announced by Bernanke in Dec. 2012
01/27/2009
The U.S. Fed's chairman Bernanke says the Fed will keep rates low till unemployment reaches 6.5% citing "the tremendous waste in human potential" of high unemplyment rates. As long as inflation remains subdued at 2% the Fed will continue its current policy of low rates. In 2013 the Fed will continue bond buying at the rate of $85 billion a month. If unemployment drops to 6.5%, but this is because more people are dropping out of the labor market the Fed will take this into account, says Bernanke. The Fed will also keep an eye out for asset bubbles in the economy.
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Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2011
Fed Officials Try to Set the Market at Ease
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2013
FX HORIZONS: The Fed’s Risky Codependency with Markets
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2013
Bernanke Plays Down Link Between Jobless Rate, Fed Moves
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2013
Coordinated action by central bankers in Europe, Japan, China and the U.S. in 2011-2013
12/01/2011
Action taken on Nov. 30, 2011, by central banks of U.S., Canada, Switzerland, EU and Japan, to ease liquidity problems, as borrowting rates for Italy edged up to 8% and rates for Spain, France, and other EU coountries edged higher. A German bond auction saw weak response.
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Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
Close Ties Facilitated Coordinated Moves
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2011
Swaps Will Get Dollars Into European Banks' Hands
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2011
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2011
Euro-Zone Banks Tap Big ECB Loans
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Staring Into the ECB's Mini Bazooka
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Bank of Japan interest rate and monetary policy- 2011-2016
09/19/2012
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Target Is 'Flexible,' Says Japan Bank Chief
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
G-20 Backs Japan on Yen Policies
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2013
OECD Welcomes BOJ Inflation Target, Easing
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
BOJ Price Forecast Falls Short of Target
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
Bank of Japan's Inflation Game Going Into Extra Innings
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2013
Bank of Japan Sends a Gift to U.S. Markets: Yield Seekers
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2013
Members of the Board of the Bank of Japan, new Governor Kuroda and Deputy Governor Iwata
02/25/2013
The views of the six board members of the Bank of Japan not appointed by prime minister Abe will help determine future policy consensus. The task of Kuroda and Iwata in 2013 will be to develop a consensus for action. Miyao, Ishida and Shirai are board members considered open to further monetary easing.
Grouped Articles
Target Is 'Flexible,' Says Japan Bank Chief
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
Tough Room for New BOJ Governor
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2013
Abenomics Gets Harder From Here
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2013
Nominee for Japanâs Central Bank Vows Aggressive Action
New York Times 03/03/2013
New Japan Bank Chief Sets Bold Target
Wall Street Journal 03/22/2013
Bank of Japan in Bold Bid for Revival
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2013
Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan, and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy
01/30/2012
Failure of the president of the Bank of Japan to take an activist stance and provide confidence to financial markets in Japan. Criticism from the Japanese government and LDP candidate for prime minister Shizo Abe. Unstable politics and government in Japan as three prime ministers from the DPJ party are followed by Shinzo Abe of the LDP.
Grouped Articles
G-20 Backs Japan on Yen Policies
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2013
OECD Welcomes BOJ Inflation Target, Easing
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
Japanâs Economy Growing at 3.5% Annualized Rate
New York Times 05/15/2013
New York Times 05/23/2013
Now Comes the Hard Part for Abenomics
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
Japanese Prime Minister's Support Tops 70%
Wall Street Journal 02/11/2013
Support for Japan's Abe government and the Bank of Japan's policy to fight deflation
05/12/2011
The IMF's Lagarde calls Japan's policy "sound," and U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke says he supports countries looking at domestic economies when conducting monetary policy. The overall effect would be to help the global economy through a better performing domestic economy, says Bernanke. Gaining support in the global community for Japan's moves to reduce the value of the yen is important for the Abe administration and Japanese finance minister Taro Aso. These views were expressed at the G-20 meeting in Moscow in Feb. 2013.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2013
Japan Official Cites Fundamentals in Yen's Drop
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
G-20 Backs Japan on Yen Policies
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2013
OECD Welcomes BOJ Inflation Target, Easing
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
Pro-Inflation Policies Show Signs of Helping the Japanese Economy
New York Times 05/09/2013
New York Times 05/23/2013
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