How history will judge Fukui

Fukui's term at the helm of the Bank of Japan will be seen as a success but the departing governor failed to fulfil his early promise, says Colin Asher, a senior economist at Nomura, an investment bank.

In central banking, timing is everything. And, with the benefit of hindsight, March 2003 was a good time to be appointed governor of the Bank of Japan.

The global economy was in bad shape and, with domestic interest rates already at zero, the policy challenges facing the governor were significant

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