Invitation to EIJS Academy Seminars 2010-2011 The 4th Seminar on Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Topic: "Deflation and Monetary Policy"

Speaker: Dr. Tsutomu Watanabe, Ph.D.
Professor
Hitotsubashi University

Dr. Watanabe’s research focuses on the mechanisms determining firms' prices setting and optimal monetary policy. In the emergence of deflation in Japan, he concentrates on the mechanisms of deflation. He has published a paper that the optimal monetary policy rule is the one based on inflation targeting with a zero bound to interest rates. In the presentation, we would like to listen to his analysis on price fluctuations under the deflation economy and listen to his thoughts on where Japan’s economy is going: is it inflation, stagflation or something else?

Dr. Watanabe received his undergraduate degree from University of Tokyo and obtained Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1992. He entered Bank of Japan in 1982 and moved to Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Economic Research in 1999. He has been in his current position since 2002.

Date: Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Time: 6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Drink & Snack (served before lecture)
7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion
Place: Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden
10-3-400 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-0032
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line Roppongi 1-chome Station
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiya-cho Station
Fee: JPY2,000 per person, payable at the door
Free for those who are from sponsoring companies (*)
Free for students, please bring your student ID
Language: English

(*) EIJS Academy 2010-2011 Sponsoring companies Gadelius K.K., Nippon Ericsson K.K., Nihon Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K., Höganäs Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden

We have the great pleasure to invite you to EIJS Academy seminar.
Please sign up by December 17th (Fri.) via e-mail to
eijsjap@gmail.com or fax to (03-5562-9090) for the
attention of Ms. Futagawa (EIJS Tokyo Office).

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Miki Futagawa
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Tokyo Office
c/o Embassy of Sweden
1-10-3-400, Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Tel: +81(0)3 5562 5032
Fax: +81(0)3 5562 9090
Email: eijsjap@gmail.com