Yen gains ahead of BOJ decision in packed week for investors
A separate closely watched survey showed that big Japanese manufacturers’ business sentiment hit a four-year high in the three months to December. The yen strengthened
The impact of interest: How loan rates shape firm investment
Monetary policy moves aggregate investment, but the underlying drivers remain unclear. This column opens the black box with a German firm survey. A one percentage
Rational inattention and information provision experiments
Surveys with information provision experiments have become popular in economics. This column introduces an information provision experiment in a model of rational inattention – where
