Japan: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2003/282, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The Selected Issues paper analyzes the health of the corporate sector, areas of vulnerability, and the effect of corporate restructuring in Japan. It reviews the deflation and associated economic problems of Japan, demonstrates the impact of fiscal policies on public debt, and estimates the expenditure and revenue adjustments needed to restrain the growth of debt. It also analyzes the issues in the Japanese labor market, structural developments, changes in the behavior of stakeholders, policy issues on employment insurance, and the social safety net.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; firm; unemployment benefit; worker; financial statement data; a number of job-seeker; nonviable firm; debt-equity ratio; medium-sized firm; Unemployment; Employment; Deflation; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 116
Date: 2003-09-05
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