Structural change in Japan : macroeconomic impact and policy challenges / [edited by] Bijan B. Aghevli, Tamim Bayoumi, Guy Meredith

• Introduction / Stanley Fischer -- The yen : summary of staff views / Bijan B. Aghevli -- The yen : past movements and future prospects / Guy Meredith -- External sector : summary of staff views / Bijan B. Aghevli -- Japanese foreign direct investment and regional trade / Tamim Bayoumi and Gabrielle Lipworth -- Monetary policy : summary of staff views / Guy Meredith -- Structural change and information content of financial variables for monetary policy / Christopher Towe -- Background paper : a reexamination of indicators of monetary and financial conditions / Gabrielle Lipworth and Guy Meredith -- Fiscal policy : summary of staff views / Guy Meredith -- The Japanese fiscal system and fiscal transparency / Tamim Bayoumi -- Background paper : Japan's medium- and long-term fiscal challenges / Kenji Okamura -- Concluding remarks. 

• This volume is based on a seminar on structural change in Japan held in early 1997 and chaired by the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, Stanley Fischer. The seminar provided a forum for the IMF staff to discuss their views on the Japanese economy with a distinguished list of outside experts. Discussion of the day-to-day management of the standard levers of fiscal and monetary policy is interlinked with consideration for the more deep-seated structural issues. By shifting and destabilizing the underlying economic relationships and creating uncertainty, structural change complicates the task of policy analysis. This volume describes how the IMF is responding to these challenges and how outside experts assess this effort 

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Structural adjustment (Economic policy)  -- Japan -- Congresses (LCSH)

Foreign exchange rates  -- Japan -- Congresses (LCSH)

Balance of payments  -- Japan -- Congresses (LCSH)

Monetary policy  -- Japan -- Congresses (LCSH)

Fiscal policy  -- Japan -- Congresses (LCSH)

Betalningsbalans  (sao)

Penningpolitik  (sao)

Ekonomisk politik  (sao)

Monetary policy  (LCSH)

Balance of payments  (LCSH)

Economic policy  (LCSH)

Japan  -- Economic policy -- 1989- -- Congresses (LCSH)

Japan  (sao)

1989- 

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Konferenser  (saogf)

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338.952 (DDC)

Qad-oec (kssb/8)

Qaea-oec (kssb/6)