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The Response of the Bank of Japan to Macroeconomic and Financial Change

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The Japanese economy has undergone significant structural changes over the past two decades and has been exposed to numerous domestic and external macroeconomic shocks. These changes have posed a strong challenge to the traditional approach to monetary policy in Japan.

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Cargill, T.F., Hutchison, M.M. (1988). The Response of the Bank of Japan to Macroeconomic and Financial Change. In: Cheng, HS. (eds) Monetary Policy in Pacific Basin Countries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2685-1_10

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