In the area of monetary policy, Japan agreed to “flexible management of monetary policy with due attention to the yen rate”. As a result of this agreement and ensuing intervention, the yen which had been around 240 yen to the dollar before the Plaza Accord appreciated sharply and touched 152 yen to the dollar in September 1986.
The ratio-to-GDP of  1  “Announcement of the Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors of France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States” (September 22, 1985).