Yasushi Mieno
Yasushi Mieno | |
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三重野 康 | |
| 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan | |
| In office 17 December 1989 – 16 December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Satoshi Sumita |
| Succeeded by | Yasuo Matsushita |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 17, 1924 Ōita, Japan |
| Died | April 15, 2012 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Yasushi Mieno (三重野 康, Mieno Yasushi, March 17, 1924 – April 15, 2012) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).[1][2]
Early life
Mieno was born in
Career
From April 1975 through February 1978, Mieno was head of the BOJ banking department.[4]
Mieno was BOJ Governor from December 17, 1989, to December 16, 1994,[5] having previously served as Deputy Governor from 1984 to 1989.[4] Starting a week after his appointment, from late December 1989 until August 1990, BOJ heavily increased interest rates. Soon the Japanese asset price bubble of the 1980s collapsed.[6]
In 1994, he was an elected member of the BIS Board of Directors.[1]
On April 15, 2012, Mieno died from heart failure in a Tokyo hospital.[2]
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Yasushi Mieno, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 10 publications in 2 languages and 50+ library holdings.[7]
- World Economy in the 1990s: a Japanese Central Banker's View (1990)
- Current Monetary and Economic Conditions in Japan (1993)
- 日本経済と中央銀行―前日銀総裁講演録 (1995)
- 利を見て義を思う: 三重野康の金融政策講義 (2000)
Notes
- ^ a b Siegman, Charles J. "The Bank for International Settlements and the Federal Reserve," Federal Reserve Bulletin. October 1, 1994.
- ^ a b Mayumi Otsuma (April 18, 2012). "Mieno, Governor Who Pricked Japan's Bubble Economy, Dies". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Bank of Japan (BOJ), 26th Governor
- ^ a b Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, p. 147, p. 147, at Google Books
- ^ BOJ, List of Governors
- ^ Rosa, Sandro. "Dreissig Jahre japanische Spekulationsblase". themarket.ch. The Market Media AG, Zürich (NZZ). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Mieno, Yasushi 1924-
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