Financial Times (September 6)
2011/ 09/ 07 by jd in Global News
The U.S. is not “going the way of Japan,” according to Paul Sheard global chief economist at Nomura. There are similarities, both nations had massive asset bubbles, but “a series of policy errors” led to Japan’s lost decades. “Inflation and deflation are, at the end of the day, policy choices. US policymakers, by and large, have learnt the lessons from the policy mistakes of Japan and have applied them, so far reasonably successfully.”
Tags: Deflation, Economy, Inflation, Japan, Lost decades, Policy, U.S.
