A major feature of recent monetary policy in Japan has been heavy reliance on the so-called policy duration effect. This policy employs a commitment to compensate for the central bank’s inability to lower the interest rate below zero by altering the anticipated course of monetary policy...

A major feature of recent monetary policy in Japan has been heavy reliance on the so-called policy duration effect. This policy employs a commitment to compensate for the central bank s inability to lower the interest rate below zero by altering the anticipated course of monetary policy actions....

A major feature of recent monetary policy in Japan has been heavy reliance on the so-called policy duration effect. This policy employs a commitment to compensate for the central bank's inability to lower the interest rate below zero by altering the anticipated course of monetary policy actions....

This paper is the transcript of the keynote address delivered by Masaaki Shirakawa (former governor, Bank of Japan) at the research conference on "Globalisation and Inflation Dynamics in Asia and the Pacific" co-hosted by the People's Bank of China and the Bank for International Settlements on...