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Macro Bytes: Is Japan leaving behind the lost decades?

Podcast discussion about the return of inflation to Japan, and the outlook for Bank of Japan monetary policy as a response.

Authors
Paul Diggle
Chief Economist
Luke Bartholomew
Deputy Chief Economist
Contributors
Sree Kochugovindan
Japanese city skyline with Mt. Fuji in the background

Duration: 25 Mins

Date: 01 Dec 2023

Paul and Luke talk to Sree Kochugovindan, senior economist at abrdn, about the return of inflation to Japan, and the outlook for Bank of Japan monetary policy as a response. Negative interest rates and yield curve control could end in 2024, if wage growth and inflation expectations continue moving higher. 

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