An article from the excellent Tim Duy; he concludes that

  • targeting inflation is not enough (how do you get there?),
  • that depreciating the Yen to the extent required to get towards the 2% inflation target “would be unacceptable to Japan’s trade partners”,
  • and that “Monetary policy to support domestic demand – monetization of deficit spending – would be much more tolerable, perhaps even welcome”.

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