Back to category: History Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Japan The Japanese economic decline of the 1990’s can be attributed to several things: poor growth performance, serious fiscal problems, weak labor market conditions, weakening of the trade and external accounts of the country, and excessively loose stance of macroeconomic policies. Poor growth performance: The Japanese GDP growth in early 1990’s was almost zero implying no new money in the economy and an inevitable recession. Serious fiscal problems: Large and growing public debt to GDP ratio, in 1992 it was 63% and rose to 89% by 1996. Debt ratio as a percent of GDP being this high isn’t helpful to the economy because it implies that p... Posted by: Chad Boger Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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