Its record suggests it will once again pour money into the building industry through a lavish public-works programme.

ECONOMIST: Japan��s worry about work

So, with exports unable to provide a solution, the finance ministry is splurging on an old-fashioned public-works programme to boost demand and create jobs.

ECONOMIST: Goodbye, Hashimoto

The answer to that is a lot, since to finance its public-works programme the government is postponing reform of its state-owned banks and is forcing those banks to hand over a chunk of their deposits in return for government bonds.

ECONOMIST: Goodbye, Hashimoto

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