Japan's Economic Outlook and Normalization of Monetary Policy
Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 12:45 – 1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Cooperman Commons, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
Featuring: Haruhiko Kuroda, Former Governor, Bank of Japan; Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
Note: We are unable to accommodate media representatives at this event.
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What you’ll learn:
- The impact Bank of Japan (BOJ) policies, such as quantitative and qualitative monetary easing and yield curve control, have had on the Japanese and foreign money markets.
- The effects of recent geopolitical shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War, on Japanese monetary policy and global growth.
- Potential causes for the yen’s historic depreciation and the role of the BOJ in achieving price stability.
- How the BOJ’s efforts to normalize monetary policy could reverberate to financial institutions, corporations, the government, and the general public.