More reading on Abe’s economic guidelines for 2007

June 21, 2007
By Ken Worsley

From the Yomiuri:

Economic guideline must be fleshed out

Merely simplifying the name of the government’s economic policy guideline does not help the public understand what reforms the government will carry out and how it will realize them. It is the content of the guideline that matters…The policies in the guideline leave much to be discussed in more detail.

From the Nikkei:

Abe’s Economic Policy Blueprint Fails To Chart Clear Growth Path

The government’s 2007 economic and fiscal management blueprint, the first one under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, boasts ambitious policies aimed at increasing productivity to sustain economic growth but offers few details about the painful reforms necessary to actually achieve this goal.

From the Japan Times:

Abe’s economic package falls on deaf ears

The package calls for greater productivity, international competitiveness and a narrowed gap in tax revenues between urban and rural areas, but analysts said the first such package by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government since he took office in September lacks focus and leaves market players unmoved.

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