# Professor Nouriel Roubini is interviewed about Japan's economy

1 Faculty News March 18, 2016 ![Xinhua logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030505.jpg?itok=6NqP0rMN)>

Excerpt from [Xinhua](http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/18/c_135201739.htm) -- "'Japan is not at the center of global concern as such, but certain policy decisions including the BOJ adopting a negative interest rate recently have had a ripple effect following similar moves in Europe, with banks there also going negative,' [Roubini](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nouriel-roubini), also a professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business, explained."

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