In his first weeks in office, he announced a ¥10.3 trillion ($116 billion) stimulus bill and appointed Haruhiko Kuroda, a determined, dynamic, and bold thinker, to head the Bank of Japan. Kuroda wasted little time in initiating expansionary monetary policies – following in the footsteps of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England – to help reflate the economy.
但安倍并没有因此却步。他上任第一周就宣布了10.3万亿日元（约合1，160亿美元）的刺激计划，并任命黑田东彦，一位坚定、精干、大胆的思想家担任日本央行领袖。黑田东彦立即步美联储和英格兰银行的后尘启动了扩张性、刺激经济的货币政策。