 Financial Crises and the Central Bank: Lessons from Japan During the 1920sChapter Chapter 6 in Coping with Financial Crises, 2018, pp 131-148 from Springer Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we look at the conduct of prudential policy in Japan during the 1920s. A series of financial crises following a boom during World War I marked the turning point for the emergence of prudential policy in Japan. An economic backlash after the war created mounting bad loans. After the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) introduced a special treatment facility for the devastated area. The BOJ hoped to rescue solvent but illiquid financial institutions, but the facility was abused by banks that were already in financial distress, paving the way toward a financial crisis. Banking panic spread nationwide in the spring of 1927. In 1928, the authorities introduced new arrangements for prudential policy with mergers and acquisitions, new types of regulations, and dual inspection by the Ministry of Finance and the BOJ. These arrangements restored financial stability while imposing a new constraint on monetary policy. Keywords: Prudential policy; Financial crisis; Central bank; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:stechp:978-981-10-6196-7_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6196-7_6 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Economic History from Springer |
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