The new governor of the Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda, comes with a wealth of experience gained in the finance ministry, and then as President of the Asian Development Bank. During the East Asia crisis of the late 1990’s, he saw firsthand the failure of the conventional wisdom pushed by the US Treasury and the International Monetary Fund.
日本银行新任行长黑田东彦曾任日本财相和亚洲开发银行行长，积累了丰富的经验。在20世纪90年代末东亚危机期间，他在第一线目睹了美国财政部和IMF所推行的传统智慧的失败。黑田东彦没有央行行长的陈词滥调，他承诺逆转日本的长期通缩形势，将通胀目标定在2%。