According to the Bank of Japan's September 2019 Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan) released at the beginning of October, the diffusion index (DI) for business conditions for all industries and enterprises has remained positive, although the effects of such factors as the slowdown in overseas economies have continued to be observed.
Transparency of our activities is the means by which we make ourselves accountable to our fellow citizens to aid them in judging whether we are worthy of that task”. IG Patel – prescient By commenting on communication, much before central bank communication became an intellectually fashionable issue, Dr. Patel had been remarkably prescient. Let me comment on contemporary perspectives on communication policy.