This Bank of Japan Discussion Paper summarises the authors' main points of agreement and disagreement with respect to the proposal written by Dr Hetzel. The authors agree with Dr Hetzel's proposal on four points but disagree with the proposal on three points: (i) transmission channels of quantitative easing, (ii) potential costs and benefits of his proposal, and (iii) the timing of introduction of an explicit nominal anchor.

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