Monday, April 13, 2015

Japan's Fiscal Policy


When Shinzo Abe became prime minister he chose Haruhiko Kuroda to be the central bank governor, together they attempted to revitalize Japans fiscal policy through monetary loosening. Now with a GDP of 6.6% Mr. Kuroda fills as though Mr. Abe is not doing enough to being the deficit down. Prices are at a standstill and Japan is having trouble fulfilling the promise of bring inflation up to 2%.. At first businesses and households were doing great with increase of spending and government began to gradually increase consumption tax. The increase of tax was had devastating effects putting japan into a recession. Now the bank is having trouble reaching the 2% GDP and the banks high spending is making buyers in the market suffer. With reluctance to cut spending and low growth it will be interesting to see what happens.

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