deflation Tag

21 Mar Why Japan is forced to take baby steps to normalise monetary policy

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

Japan’s central bank ending its negative interest rate regime comes not a moment too soon, but that alone will not return the economy to its heyday. Uncertainty over the outlook for growth and inflation persists, and the internal issues that led to the adoption of...

07 Mar Opinion | How can China hit its GDP target when it needs to grow just to stand still?

Posted at 12:30h in Asia

Does anyone really believe that China will hit its growth target for this year of “around 5 per cent”? Even Premier Li Qiang, who announced the ambitious goal on Tuesday at the opening session of the annual National People’s Congress, is sceptical, acknowledging that it...

05 Mar Opinion | Why Japan’s Nikkei freak show should scare off Chinese investors

Posted at 09:30h in Asia

Japan’s GDP was about 60 per cent of the US’ in 1989 but is just 16 per cent now. Its population is shrinking, the number of marriages fell below 500,000 last year for the first time in 90 years and the median age is nearly...

deflation Tag

21 Mar Why Japan is forced to take baby steps to normalise monetary policy

07 Mar Opinion | How can China hit its GDP target when it needs to grow just to stand still?

05 Mar Opinion | Why Japan’s Nikkei freak show should scare off Chinese investors

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