Yasushi Mieno
Yasushi Mieno | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ōita, Japan |
| Died | April 15, 2012 (aged 87–88) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Central banking official |
| Years active | 1975–1994 |
| Known for | 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan, Member of the Board of Directors at the Bank for International Settlements |
was a prominent Japanese entrepreneur and central banking official who held the position of the 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and also served as a member of the Board of Directors at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Early life
Mieno's place of birth was Ōita.
Career
Between April 1975 and February 1978, Mieno led the banking division at the BOJ. He advanced to the role of Deputy Governor from 1984 until 1989, subsequently assuming the Governor role from December 17, 1989, through December 16, 1994. Soon after his elevation to Governor, the BOJ implemented a series of sharp interest rate hikes from late December 1989 to August 1990, a policy move that played a significant role in triggering the burst of Japan’s asset price bubble during the late 1980s.
In 1994, Mieno secured a position on the BIS Board of Directors.
He passed away due to heart failure on April 15, 2012, in Tokyo.
Selected works
Per OCLC/WorldCat, Yasushi Mieno authored approximately seven works published in ten editions across two languages, held in over fifty libraries worldwide.
- World Economy in the 1990s: a Japanese Central Banker's View (1990)
- Current Monetary and Economic Conditions in Japan (1993)
- (1995)
- (2000)
References
- Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. ; OCLC 471605161