Conquering the fear of freedom : Japanese exchange rate policy since 1945

XXII, 310 S.

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Exchange Rate-Based Stabilization: 194550 -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Features of Postwar Inflation -- 1.3.Failed Attempts at Stabilization -- 1.4.A New Approach to Economic Stabilization -- 1.5.The Dodge Stabilization Plan -- 2.Achieving Current Account Convertibility: 1949 -- 64 -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.The Trade and Payments System in the Early 1950s -- 2.3.The System of Trade Control in the Early 1950s -- 2.4.The Restrictive System as a Tool for External Adjustment -- 2.5.Moving Toward Liberalization of the System -- 2.6.Foreign Trade and Foreign Exchange Market Activity -- 2.7.Trade and Exchange Liberalization in the Early 1960s -- 3.Capital Account Liberalization: 1950 -- 80 -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.An Overview of Japan's Capital Account Liberalization: 1950 -- 80 -- 3.3.Official and Government-Mediated Flows -- 3.4.Managing Short-Term Flows -- 3.5.Foreign Direct Investment -- 3.6.Portfolio and Other Investments

Note continued: 3.7.Achieving Capital Account Convertibility4.Managing Flexibility: 1971 -- 90 -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.An Overview of Exchange Rate Policy: 1971 -- 90 -- 4.3.The Currency Crises -- 4.4.The Oil Crises -- 4.5.International Policy Coordination -- 4.6.Economic Consequences of the Higher Yen -- 5.Internationalizing the Yen: 1981 -- 2003 -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.The Origins of Yen Internationalization -- 5.3.Early Attempts at Financial Liberalization -- 5.4.Yen Internationalization Efforts -- 5.5.Completing the Internationalization Agenda -- 6.Foreign Exchange Market Intervention: 1991 -- 2011 -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.An Overview of Foreign Exchange Intervention in Japan -- 6.3.Intervention to Lean Against the Wind: 1991 -- 2000 -- 6.4.Foreign Exchange Intervention and Monetary Policy: 2001 -- 4 -- 6.5.A New Manner of Intervening in the Foreign Exchange Market: 2010 -- 11 -- 6.6.The Channels of Intervention Effectiveness

Note continued: 7.Retrospective and Prospective Issues in Japanese Exchange Rate Policy7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Characterizing Japanese Exchange Rate Policy -- 7.3.Lessons from the Japanese Experience -- 7.4.Current and Prospective Issues -- 7.5.Monetary Policy under Abenomics.

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