Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan.
More important than inflation forecasting is the policy regime itself
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 29: in the eyes of market participants, monetary policy asymmetry has been a notable feature of the past three decades. © Getty Images
Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan.