Will four more years of Abenomics make a difference?

Prime Minister Abe is set to become Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister and could plausibly now serve until 2021. While his government had some early successes in removing roadblocks to stronger growth, Abenomics seems to have run out of steam more recently. The economic outlook will not be materially improved by another few years of the same.

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