Outlook for the Japanese Economy and the Normalization of Monetary Policy
Monday, April 1, 2024 | 12:45 – 1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Cooperman Commons (NEW), 1st Floor, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School (map)
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Featuring:
Haruhiko Kuroda
Former Governor, Bank of Japan;
Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator:
David E. Weinstein
Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School;
Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
About the speaker:
Haruhiko Kuroda was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 2013 to April 2023. Prior to his position at the BOJ, Professor Kuroda served as President of the Asian Development Bank from 2005 to 2013. He was also Special Adviser to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Koizumi, while he was Professor at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo from 2003 to 2005. During his career at Japan's Ministry of Finance from 1967 to 2003, Professor Kuroda's responsibilities encompassed fields including international finance and tax policies. From 1999 to 2003, he represented the Ministry as Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at numerous international monetary conferences, such as the G7 and G20 meetings. Currently, he is a Professor and Senior Fellow at GRIPS Alliance (the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies). He is a Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he currently teaches two classes, the Future of Monetary Policy: Lessons from the New Millennium and Innovations in the International Monetary System: Lessons from the Past. Professor Kuroda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law from The University of Tokyo and a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Oxford.
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Special Notes:
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