The Bank of Japan obtains information from futures markets that is valuable in understanding the markets' views and sentiment toward the economy and corporate performance. The Bank, as the central bank of Japan, would provide support through research studies and participation in discussions at home and abroad so that Japanese futures markets would develop in a more efficient and stable manner.
This caused the euro area and global inflation to surge further, and accelerated the process of winding down of the historic monetary stimulus globally. In turn, the worry arose whether all these developments could tip our economies into a recession, as shown – for example – by the rising number of Google searches for the word "recession".