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INFLATION

BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2015
Bank of Japan is done boosting stimulus: experts
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who unleashed unprecedented monetary stimulus in 2013 and doubled down on it last year, is done expanding his efforts, according to an increasing number of economists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2015
BOJ critic Fujimaki sees 2% inflation hit, and that scares him
Takeshi Fujimaki, a banker turned opposition lawmaker, said the Bank of Japan will achieve its 2 percent inflation target much earlier than expected. And it scares him.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2015
BOJ moves inflation goalpost again
Instead of pushing back its inflation target, the Bank of Japan should be reviewing the target itself and the policy framework for achieving it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2015
Kuroda sows doubts on further easing among some BOJ watchers
After twice this year putting off his inflation target yet declining to step up monetary stimulus, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has discouraged some analysts from thinking he'll ever boost policy again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2015
BOJ to snip GDP, inflation forecasts for 2015, 2016
The Bank of Japan will cut its growth and inflation outlook for this fiscal year at a rate review next week, but only slightly tweak its projections for next year, sources said, possibly tempering expectations that the central bank will soon ease monetary policy further.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2015
Abe's pivot to his economic policy
Instead of spouting nice-sounding slogans, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should conduct a sober assessment of what his economic policies have lacked and what is needed going forward.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2015
Japan may miss 2% inflation target but achieve it later, deputy economy minister says
Japan's target of achieving 2 percent inflation by next September may be delayed as China's economic slowdown affects the price of oil and other natural resources, according to Yasutoshi Nishimura, the deputy economy minister.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 15, 2015
BOJ forgoes additional easing, betting economy will turn around
The Bank of Japan refrains from boosting stimulus even though the economy shrank in the last quarter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2015
BOJ officials said to considering lowering inflation outlook on oil price drop
Some Bank of Japan officials see a growing likelihood the central bank will lower its inflation outlook and again delay the time frame for reaching its target due to cheaper oil prices, said people familiar with the discussions.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2015
Japanese wages post 0.6% rise, steepest in a decade
Regular wages increased in July by the most in nearly 10 years, aiding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to reflate the world's third-biggest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2015
Three strikes on inflation spur calls for overhaul of 'Abenomics'
The third time inflation has fallen to zero in this year persuaded some market watchers that "Abenomics" needs to be taken back for an overhaul.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2015
Households take investment risks as stagnant inflation eats into savings
Tomoyo Morie, a housewife who lives in Tokyo with her husband and teenage son, is more afraid that inflation will wreck her savings than gyrating markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 7, 2015
BOJ refrains from adding stimulus as Kuroda bets on rebound
The Bank of Japan refrained Friday from expanding monetary stimulus as Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda bets the world's third-biggest economy will emerge from a recent soft patch and inflation will pick up.

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