03109nam a2200325 a 4500 vtls000052144 KUKTEM 20251117150353.0 110321t2008 ja a f b 001 0 eng d 9784903452128 4903452123 201107140039 VLOAD 201103211013 fauzi 201103211012 fauzi UMP eng jpn HC462.95 .Y67 2008 Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Tenkanki no Nihon keizai English Japan's lost decade / Hiroshi Yoshikawa ; translated by Charles H. Stewart Rev. and expanded ed. Tokyo : I-House Press, 2008 xvi, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. LTCB international library selection ; no. 11 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-263) and index Macroeconomic analysis of the 1990s. High growth in the past -- The 1990s -- Demand or supply? -- What type of demand? -- The "abnormality" of demand fluctuations -- Investment -- Investment to increase production capacity, and stock adjustment -- The recovery of 1995-1996 -- The fiscal policy error of 1997 -- The prolonged consumption slump -- Bad debts and the Japanese economy. Money supply and the credit crunch -- The bubble and bad debts : banks -- The bubble and bad debts : firms -- The background to the real estate boom -- Monetary policy and prudential policy -- The credit crunch of 1997-1998 -- Exchange rates. The fixed exchange rate system and the floating exchange rate system -- The determination of foreign exchange rates : short-run, mid-run, and long-run -- Purchasing power parity -- The pre-war Japanese economy -- The appreciation of the yen over the past 25 years -- Theories blaming the high yen for Japan's economic doldrums -- Japan's manufacturing and nonmanufacturing industries. Small and medium firms, and the self-employed -- An historical turning-point -- The agriculture -- Structural stagnation -- The labor market in the "ice age." Japan's rising unemployment rate -- The mismatch in labor market -- Labor mobility -- Underemployment -- The risk of falling into a deflationary spiral -- The aging of society and fiscal policy. Ill-advised fiscal reconstruction -- The alleged burden of debt -- The national burden ratio -- The social security -- Structural reform -- The future. Has Japan's potential growth rate actually declined? -- Demand and economic growth. The Japanese economy of the 1990s. What must be done? -- Japan's lost decade : what have we learned and where are we heading? Introduction. The Japanese economy of the 1990s. Macroeconomic policies. Fiscal policy. Monetory policy. Japan's potential growth : The importance of demand-creating innovation. Conclusion Business cycles Japan Japan Economic conditions 1989- Japan Economic policy 1989- LTCB international library selection ; no. 11 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 HC462.95 .Y67 2008 0000054744 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 56998 57004 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0400*0410*0900*1000*2400*2450*2500*2600*3000*4900*5040*5050*6500*6510*6511*8300*9991