The new empirical evidence brought by this analysis supports strongly McKinnon and
Ohno thesis that the BOJ has followed a flexible exchange-rate-targeting kind of monetary
policy. This does not mean that the BOJ does not aim price stabilization nor that it pursues
exchange rate target in an explicit way.
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It means only that the BOJ does not aim price stabilization per se. This result may be consistent with the findings of Clarida et al. (1998
as long as expected inflation depends on current exchange rate.