Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim: Volume 15

by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose

Extremely 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226378977
• ISBN13: 9780226378978
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"