Year of the Dog: Can Japan kick inflation into gear?

The Japanese government has allied with the nation's central bank on a pronounced strategy to promote domestic inflation and get more people to stop saving their money and instead invest it. This strategy has had mixed success to date, but with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe gaining a new electoral mandate in 2017 it looks as if there is a new lease of life to these efforts. This led AsianInvestor to ask in our latest Year of the Dog outlook predictions: Will the Bank of J…