04318nam 22007574a 450 991096582980332120200520144314.09786611125776978128112577412811257769780226379012022637901910.7208/9780226379012(CKB)1000000000414627(EBL)408380(OCoLC)476228750(SSID)ssj0000205085(PQKBManifestationID)11184655(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205085(PQKBWorkID)10189394(PQKB)11741063(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115818(MiAaPQ)EBC408380(DE-B1597)524260(OCoLC)1058356646(DE-B1597)9780226379012(Au-PeEL)EBL408380(CaPaEBR)ebr10209942(CaONFJC)MIL112577(Perlego)1851621(EXLCZ)99100000000041462720050924d2006 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrMonetary policy with very low inflation in the Pacific Rim /edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (426 p.)NBER-East Asia seminar on economics ;v. 15Description based upon print version of record.9780226378978 0226378977 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction to EASE-15: Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim --1. A Monetary Policy Rule for Automatic Prevention of a Liquidity Trap --2. Monetary Policy, Asset-price Bubbles, and the Zero Lower Bound --3. Money Growth and Interest Rates --4. Two Decades of Japanese Monetary Policy and the Deflation Problem --5. Financial Strains and the Zero Lower Bound: The Japanese Experience --6. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Liquidity Trap: The Japanese Experience 1999-2004 --7. Fiscal Remedies for Japan's Slump --8. Stock Market Liquidity and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from Japan --9. Interest Rate, Inflation, and Housing Price: With an Emphasis on Chonsei Price in Korea --10. Deflation and Monetary Policy in Taiwan --Contributors --Author Index --Subject IndexExtremely low inflation rates have moved to the forefront of monetary policy discussions. In Asia, a number of countries-most prominently Japan, but also Taiwan and China-have actually experienced deflation over the last fifteen years. Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim explores the factors that have contributed to these circumstances and forecasts some of the potential challenges faced by these nations, as well as some potential solutions. The editors of this volume attribute low inflation and deflation in the region to a number of recent phenomena. Some of these episodes, they argue, may be linked to rapid growth on the supply side of economies. Here, inadequate demand policy can produce what is referred to as a "liquidity trap" in which the expectation of falling prices encourages agents to defer costly purchases, thereby discouraging growth. Low inflation rates can also be traced to the presence of a "zero-lower bound" on interest rates, as well as the inflation-targeting phenomenon. Targets have been set so low, the editors argue, that in some cases a few bad shocks lead to deflation.NBER-East Asia Seminar on Economics (Series) ;v. 15.Monetary policyPacific AreaInflation (Finance)Pacific AreaMonetary policyInflation (Finance)339.5/309182383.44bclIto Takatoshi1950-116437Rose Andrew1959-123580National Bureau of Economic Research.NBER-East Asia Seminar on EconomicsMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965829803321Monetary policy with very low inflation in the Pacific Rim4353578UNINA