Period+1+Japan+Economy

By: Mike Arnoni, Lindsey McCay, Logan Rhodes == =Japan's Economy=

Japan's economy is the second largest in the world. After World War II they had rapid growth of their economy from the 1960's to the 1980's. this was with the help of the United States. During the Korean War Japan built American's their supplies and they made 4 billion dollars. They used a technique called Quantitive easing where "a form of monetary policy used to increase money in an economy when the interbank interest rate is either at, or close to, zero". Through around the 1990's there was a financial crisis, but Japan made it through and stayed one of the best economies in the world.

//Economic History//. **Histor Orb**. __http://www.historyorb.com/economic/.__ **May 13 2010**

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