Japan-U.S. Symposium

JAPAN - U.S. SYMPOSIUM: 2006 CONCEPT PAPERS

GENERAL ECONOMIC BACKGROUND Japan’s Economy: Finally Finding Its Way to Full Employment and Sustained Growth (revised 10/16/06) Hugh Patrick
HOW CAN TOKYO AND NEW YORK ENSURE THEIR COMPETITIVE POSITIONS IN THE FUTURE AS GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKET CENTERS?
	Concept Papers
		Japan’s Big Bang: Promise Fulfilled? Matthew Goodman Mortgage Insurance: Enhancing Credit Risk Management in a Global Financial Center Kazutoshi Kuwahara & Geoffrey Matsunaga How Can Tokyo and New York Ensure Their Competitive Positions in the Future as Global Financial Market Centers: Globalization, the Key to Competitiveness, Is Achieved By Localization Tomoo Nishikawa How Can Tokyo and New York Ensure Their Competitive Positions In the Future as Global Financial Market Centers? Yoshikazu Takeda How Can Tokyo and New York Ensure Their Competitive Positions in the Future as Global Financial Market Centers? Tomoyoshi Uranishi
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF JAPAN’S ECONOMIC RESURGENCE ON THE U.S.-JAPAN FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP?
	Concept Paper
		What Is the Impact of Japan’s Economic Resurgence on the U.S.- Japan Financial Relationship? Tadashi Nakamae Resurgence of the Japanese Economy and Opportunities in Asia Takehiko Nakao After the IRCJ: A New Capitalism on the Rise in Japan? Atsushi Saito & Setsuya Sato
MONETARY POLICY AFTER GREENSPAN AND QUANTITATIVE EASING
	Concept Paper
		The Bank of Japan: An Odyssey of Zero Interest Rate Policy and Quantitative Easing Policy Thomas F. Cargill A Big Step Forward, But Much Left to Do Robert Alan Feldman Correction: True Price Stability Robert Alan Feldman Inflation Targeting: A Trojan Horse for Structural Reform Robert Alan Feldman Japan Economics Abe’s First 100 Days: A Road Map Robert Alan Feldman Who’s Afraid of the BoJ? Robert Alan Feldman Should the U.S. and Japan Set Full-Fledged Inflation Targeting (FFIT) Etsuko Katsu Monetary Policy by the BOJ after Cancellation of Quantitative Easing Shizuharu Kubono A Case for Inflation Targets in the United States and Japan John H. Makin America’s External Balances John H. Makin Greenspan’s Inflation Is Bernanke’s Problem John H. Makin Soft Landing or Stagflation? John H. Makin
ADDITIONAL PAPERS
		Why Is Loan Securitization and Syndication Important for Japan’s Financial System? Jeff Bohn
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