Bank of Japan's monetary easing measures : are they powerful and comprehensive? /

Bank of Japan's monetary easing measures : are they powerful and comprehensive? /

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Author / Creator:	Lam, W. Raphael, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (19 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/11/264 IMF working paper ; WP/11/264.
Subject:	Banks and banking, Central -- Japan. Monetary policy -- Japan. Banks and banking, Central. Monetary policy. Japan.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12499655

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Department, issuing body.
ISBN:	1283560380 9781283560382
Notes:	At head of title: Asia and Pacific Department. Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed November 23, 2011). "November 2011." Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	With policy rates near the zero bound, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has introduced a series of unconventional monetary easing measures since late 2009 in response to lingering deflation and a weakening economy. These measures culminated in a new Asset Purchase Program under the Comprehensive Monetary Easing (CME) which differs from typical quantitative easing in other central banks by including purchases of risky asset in an effort to reduce term and risk premia. This note assesses the impact of monetary easing measures on financial markets using an event study approach. It finds that the BoJ's monetary easing measures has had a statistically significant impact on lowering bond yields and improving equity prices, but no notable impact on inflation expectations.

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Summary:	With policy rates near the zero bound, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has introduced a series of unconventional monetary easing measures since late 2009 in response to lingering deflation and a weakening economy. These measures culminated in a new Asset Purchase Program under the Comprehensive Monetary Easing (CME) which differs from typical quantitative easing in other central banks by including purchases of risky asset in an effort to reduce term and risk premia. This note assesses the impact of monetary easing measures on financial markets using an event study approach. It finds that the BoJ's monetary easing measures has had a statistically significant impact on lowering bond yields and improving equity prices, but no notable impact on inflation expectations.
Item Description:	At head of title: Asia and Pacific Department. Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed November 23, 2011). "November 2011."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (19 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	1283560380 9781283560382