Japanese Economy

In the Media

Dominguez breaks down Japan's monetary policy

Jan 18, 2023 NPR Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, NPR Marketplace: "In fact, it looks like it was a slight pivot and a hold, as opposed to a marching down a new...

Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview

In the Media

Hausman ponders U.S. inflation

Jul 15, 2021 The New York Times

As Japan's economy sputters and amid worries in the U.S. about inflation, an article in The New York Times wonders if low inflation is a quagmire. Ford School economics associate professor Joshua Hausman wonders if the Fed can intervene to avoid...

Japanese Economy: Successful Recovery, Challenges, Foreign Policy, and US Relations

Feb 9, 2018, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EST

Weiser Hall, Room 110

Professor Shujiro URATA examines Japan’s current economic situation and identifies the problems, then he discusses the importance of adopting an activist international economic policy with a focus on its relationship with the United States, in order to overcome the problems and achieve sustained economic growth.

PubPol 475.002

PubPol 475.002: Topics: Lessons from the Japanese Economy

Joshua Hausman

This course will provide an overview of recent Japanese economic history and the current state of the Japanese economy. We will consider what economic policymakers around the world can learn from Japan.

PubPol 750.002

PubPol 750.002: Topics: Lessons from the Japanese Economy

Joshua Hausman

*Non-Ford students can register in Ford School electives beginning December 7*

This course meets the first half of the semester (January 5 - February 22).

PUBPOL 475.305

PUBPOL 475.305: Topics: Lessons from the Japanese Economy

Joshua Hausman

PUBPOL 750.311

PUBPOL 750.311: Topics: Lessons from the Japanese Economy

Joshua Hausman