Economics

Abenomics Shows ECB Why Fiscal Backup Can’t Ensure Inflation

  • Japanese government and BOJ have coordinated for six years
  • Nation is no closer than the euro zone to its inflation goal

Shinzo Abe

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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