Many a Japan economic policy has been adopted by Bank of Japan in view of effects global financial recession are having on its economy. These Japan economic policies had been adopted in last phase of 2008.
Tadao Noda, who is a board member with Bank of Japan, has reiterated that an effective economic policy of Japan needs to be hit upon pretty quickly as Japanese economy is at present in a very bad state.
In January 2009 exports went down at a rate of 45.7 percent compared to January 2008. This resulted in an unprecedented amount of trade deficit. Output of factories in Japan has also gone down in January 2009 by a record 10 percent. Rate of unemployment in Japan reached a record figure in terms of last four years. This surely calls for an unfailing economic policy in Japan so that present weaknesses can be weeded out.
In final quarter of 2008 gross domestic product of Japan went down at a rate of 12.7 percent for that particular fiscal. An economic policy at Japan is presently a need of hour if domestic demand in Japan is to be revived.
Economists have opined that consumer demand in domestic markets would be on wane as a result of economic uncertainty. Exports of Japan, which are among its major sources of revenue, would be on a downward curve as well since economies of other countries would be recovering from aftereffects of global financial recession.
As per economists, makers of Japan economic policies need to look at after effects of imposing constraints on financing opportunities. As part of their Japan economic policy major opposition parties in Japan are trying to introduce financial stimulus packages that so that effects of recession could be allayed to a certain extent.
Democrats, major opposition party in Japan, have announced that they would be providing an economic stimulus of $587.3 billion. This amount would be spent for a period of four years and would be looking to spruce up Japan’s economy. At present every Japan economic policy is geared towards addressing imbalances across various sectors of Japanese economy.
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Professor at Columbia University. Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 & the John Bates Clark Medal in 1979. Author of "Freefall: America, Free Markets", "The Sinking of the World Economy", "Globalisation and its Discontents" & "Making Globalisation Work".
Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. IMF’s Chief Economist from September 2003 to January 2007. Inaugural recipient of the Fischer Black Prize.
Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. Former Turkish Minister of State for Economic Affairs. Head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) from 2005-2009.