about (1) the basic attributes, education, job history, and quality of life of households in Japan; (2) household receipts …

, Government of Japan. Employing three different models - a Tobit model, an interval regression model, and an ordered probit model …

This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that on the back of new policy framework, growth in Japan accelerated …

materialize, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) should act swiftly through further and/or longer- dated asset purchases. Communication should … coming years with uncertain net effects—higher exports and capital outflows—in the short term. As long as Japan continues …

This Selected Issues paper examines implications for long-term bond yields in case of Japan. The analysis finds that so …

these two markets with the regulatory environment for banks in Japan, with Japan's overall external financial position, as … environment in Japan, including restraints on interest rates, and possible quantitative restraints, has had an important impact on … States as substitutes for their head offices in extending commercial and industrial loans to Japan-based companies as well as …

is warranted. ; We then turn to the adjustment process. First, we present evidence that a narrowing of Japan's record … be counter-productive. The model shows that this outcome is possible, but we argue that for an economy with Japan … impact on domestic demand in Japan and on trade with the developing countries. …