Yasushi Mieno

Yasushi Mieno (三重野 康, Mieno Yasushi, March 17, 1924 – April 15, 2012) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).[1][2]

Yasushi Mieno
三重野 康
26th Governor of the Bank of Japan
In office
17 December 1989 – 16 December 1994
Preceded bySatoshi Sumita
Succeeded byYasuo Matsushita
Personal details
Born(1924-03-17)March 17, 1924
Ōita, Japan
DiedApril 15, 2012(2012-04-15) (aged 88)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Early life

Mieno was born in Ōita.[3]

Career

From April 1975 through February 1978, Mieno was head of the BOJ banking department.[4]

Mieno was BOJ Governor from December 17, 1989, to December 16, 1994,[5] having previously served as Deputy Governor from 1984 to 1989.[4] Starting a week after his appointment, from late December 1989 until August 1990, BOJ heavily increased interest rates. Soon the Japanese asset price bubble of the 1980s collapsed.[6]

In 1994, he was an elected member of the BIS Board of Directors.[1]

On April 15, 2012, Mieno died from heart failure in a Tokyo hospital.[2]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Yasushi Mieno, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 10 publications in 2 languages and 50+ library holdings.[7]

  • World Economy in the 1990s: a Japanese Central Banker's View (1990)
  • Current Monetary and Economic Conditions in Japan (1993)
  • 日本経済と中央銀行―前日銀総裁講演録 (1995)
  • 利を見て義を思う: 三重野康の金融政策講義 (2000)

Notes
  1. Siegman, Charles J. "The Bank for International Settlements and the Federal Reserve," Federal Reserve Bulletin. October 1, 1994.
  2. Mayumi Otsuma (April 18, 2012). "Mieno, Governor Who Pricked Japan's Bubble Economy, Dies". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. Bank of Japan (BOJ), 26th Governor
  4. Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, p. 147, p. 147, at Google Books
  5. BOJ, List of Governors
  6. Rosa, Sandro. "Dreissig Jahre japanische Spekulationsblase". themarket.ch. The Market Media AG, Zürich (NZZ). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. WorldCat Identities: Mieno, Yasushi 1924-  

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. ISBN 978-0-7656-1048-5; OCLC 471605161


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