Japan's Economics: Abenomics from the Front and Rearview Mirrors

Description

This case uses Japan’s low-growth episodes since the 1990s to analyze economic policy in an environment featuring excess capacity, low growth, and low inflation. The case discusses the rationale behind “Abenomics”—Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s three-pronged approach to stimulating Japan’s economy. In the case, Haruhiko Kuroda, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), is tasked with making the case to stick with Abenomics after five years under the policy. Were the three prongs of policy changes on course, or was one or more of the prongs failing to reenergize growth? The answer would be especially topical during the upcoming general election, which many viewed as a referendum on Abe’s economic policies.

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Keywords

Abenomics Bank of Japan causal inference Central Bank consumer price index Economic growth Economic indicators economic model Economic policy Fiscal policy GDP global economies global markets Interest rates Japan liquidity trap. international long-run growth factors Macroeconomics Monetary policy private consumption production factors Shinzo Abe structural reform unemployment rate