The Bank of Japan published Working Paper No. 8, 2025.
The Bank of Japan Working Paper Series is an academic journal collection published to widely disseminate Bank of Japan staff research results to academic and practical communities, aiming to develop theoretical and empirical research on economics and finance and activate policy discussions. Each paper represents individual author views and does not necessarily represent official Bank of Japan views, but provides important insights for monetary policy theoretical foundations and empirical analysis.
The 2025 No. 8 issue contains latest research results in fields such as macroeconomics, monetary economics, and econometrics, reporting research using advanced analytical methods on themes including Japanese economic structural changes, monetary policy effects, financial market trends, and international finance challenges. These studies provide important knowledge for policy formulation, academic research, and practical analysis.
Papers are widely utilized by domestic and international researchers, policy officials, and financial institution personnel, serving as international dissemination bases for Japanese monetary policy research. Additionally, high-quality research results undergo peer review processes, ensuring academic reliability.
The article shows that the Bank of Japan contributes to monetary policy research development and policy discussion deepening through promoting theoretical and empirical research and publishing results to strengthen scientific foundations of monetary policy.