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Bank of Japan official warns interest rates may need to rise faster
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With the Bank of Japan (BOJ) due to hold its next monetary policy meeting on September 17 and 18, Policy Board member Kazuyuki Masu has set out the case for further interest rate rises, warning that a faster move may become unavoidable if inflation s
Key facts
- In a speech in Fukui, central Japan, on Thursday (September 10), Masu pointed to financial conditions that remain accommodative.
- Underlying inflation, a measure that strips out temporary influences, has not yet reached 2%, according to Masu, although it is “very close”
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Summary
In a speech in Fukui, central Japan, on Thursday (September 10), Masu pointed to financial conditions that remain accommodative.
If price pressures intensify, he warned, the BOJ could be forced to “implement a rapid policy interest rate hike”.