TY - BOOK AU - Cargill,Thomas F. AU - Itō,Takatoshi AU - Hutchison,Michael M. TI - Financial policy and central banking in Japan SN - 0262032856 AV - HG187.J3 C368 2000 U1 - 332.1'1'0952 PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Banks and banking, Central KW - Finance KW - Financial policy - central banking N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-189) and index N2 - This book documents the sources of the Japanese economic stagnation of the 1990s, the causes of the financial crises, the slow and initially limited policy response to banking problems, and the reform program that followed. It also evaluates the new financial structure and reforms at the Bank of Japan in the light of the challenges facing the Japanese economy. ER -