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MACROECONOMICS 3

EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2017
And the great unwinding begins
Central bankers today must figure out how to end and reverse quantitative easing without triggering the effects they sought to avoid nearly a decade ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2017
Did quantitative easing do any good?
QE probably helped end the Great Recression, though we'll never know for sure.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2017
China's invisible influence on global economics
China may be an even bigger economic deal than we thought.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2016
Trumping the international monetary system
Market optimism about U.S. growth could lead to ever-larger imbalances and possibly disrupt the international monetary system.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2016
An economic ultimatum for the Arab world
To end regional turmoil, the Arab world must embrace an inclusive merit-based economic system.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2016
Are we heading toward Financial Crisis 2.0?
Developments in the world economy threaten to create problems for the next U.S. president and, possibly, trigger a major financial crisis.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2016
Casting globalization to help everyone
Information technology has democratized so many elements of our lives. By democratizing the law, perhaps it can save globalization — and the international order.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2016
Despite sanctions, North Korean prices hold steady as Kim leaves markets alone
Food and fuel prices in North Korea have remained largely stable under leader Kim Jong Un, despite tightening international sanctions to punish the North for its nuclear and ballistic missile tests, rare data from inside the isolated country shows.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2016
India's commitment to reform
India may come to miss Raghuram Rajan's commitment to deregulation after he steps down as governor of the nation's central bank.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2016
With all else failing, give rate hikes a try
In most walks of life, if what you're doing isn't working, you should try something else. In central banking, however, the strategy has been to do more of what isn't working.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
China well-positioned to create a 'good economy'
Optimizing its resource allocation is far from all that China must do to boost prosperity. It is time to focus on workers and elevating the experience of their labor.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2016
A challenge to economic orthodoxy
Economists at the International Monetary Fund question are finding that neoliberalism isn't all it's cracked up to be.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2016
Trump's trolling of American bankers is just plain crazy
China and Japan hold $2.4 trillion of Treasuries, a reminder the U.S. is financed by the kindness of strangers.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2016
The U.S. Federal Reserve's risky new mandate
The U.S. Federal Reserve has all but explicitly recognized a new role: promoting global financial stability inches closer to achieving its targets for the domestic economy.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2016
Managing debt in our overleveraged world
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, austerity and balance-sheet repair have been the watchwords of the global economy. And yet today, more than ever, debt is fueling concern about growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2016
Making the case against helicopter money
With the European Central Bank's expansionary policies having failed to push inflation rates back up to the authorities' target of 'below but close to 2 percent,' some economists are now advocating 'helicopter drops.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 20, 2016
Abe poses a grave danger
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ideology and creed is nothing other than state capitalism.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 14, 2016
The economics lab where theories go to die
Most macroeconomic theories can be easily tested: all we have to do is take a look at Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016
Abenomics proves contagious
China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016
Trump, Clinton meet 'Beijing put'
The People's Bank of China didn't take to Twitter to troll Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. It used an old-school reserve ratio cut to spite those critical of Beijing's currency policies.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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