C.  Measures taken by the Bank  As I said earlier, the Bank continues to consistently make contributions as the central bank in order to overcome deflation and return the Japanese economy to a sustainable growth path with price stability. The Bank’s efforts through the conduct of monetary policy also aim to help strengthen Japan’s economic growth potential.
Compared with the United States, European countries have, on average, larger shares of “static” firms and smaller shares of both growing and shrinking firms. [5] Low business dynamism feeds and reinforces the misallocation of resources across firms in the euro area. [6]  Empirical evidence shows that an increasing proportion of capital is concentrated in firms that are less productive.