Japan: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation

August 10, 2001

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Japan: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

The new government in Tokyo has a window of opportunity to address the deep-seated structural problems that lie at the root of Japan's lackluster economic performance over the past decade. The government has appropriately identified banking sector problems as a top priority. Broader reforms are needed to strengthen the regulatory framework and lay the basis for a sound banking system. In the near term, fiscal policy should remain responsive to changing economic circumstances. Enhancing the transparency of the monetary policy framework is required.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Distressed assets, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Fiscal policy, Loans, Nonperforming loans

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Coalition, CR, Distressed assets, Equity holding, Firm, FSA official, Global, Hi banks' self-assessments, ISCR, Loans, Monetary policy, Nonperforming loans, Restructuring plan, Service provision, Trust bank license

Publication Details

Pages:

66
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/144
Stock No:

1JPNEA0012001
ISBN:

9781451820478
ISSN:

1934-7685

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