In order to judge whether the resulting increase in debt represents an increase in risk, we have to go through the following mental exercise.
Long-term support for financial institutions' efforts  Interest rate: 0% -- The measure will fall under Category III (applied interest rate: 0%) in the Interest Scheme to Promote Lending Twice as much as the amount outstanding of funds that counterparties receive will be added to the Macro Add-on Balances in their current accounts at the Bank Duration of fund-provisioning: 1 year, rollovers can be made until the end of the implementation period Effectively, counterparties can receive long-term financing from the Bank Implementation period: in principle, until the end of fiscal 2030  Chart 9  U.S. Dollar/Yen yen 300 2000-2002: U.S. dot-com bubble burst  250 Sep. 2008: Lehman crisis  Mar.