Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Himino:
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BOJ will patiently maintain easy policy until sustained, stable
achievement of price target is in sight - Japan’s financial
system is likely resilient enough to weather stress from transition
to higher interest rates
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If we do not get the timing exit procedures wrong, the impact of a
positive wage-inflation cycle will likely benefit wide range of
households, companies
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Must make appropriate decision on exit timing, procedure by
scrutinising wage, inflation developments -
BOJ must achieve
situation where inflation slows ahead, but not too much
- Japan is seeing steadily changes in price, wage behaviour
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Solid progress is observed in the transformation of firms’ wage- and
price-setting behaviour -
price rises beginning to affect
wages -
pass-through from wages to inflation is also returning
somewhat -
without virtuous cycle between wages and prices, japan
will most likely revert to the deflationary state in the past
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When Japan returns to an economy with positive interest rate, that
could improve households’ balance as a whole -
If inflation expectations have heightened, that would mean impact of
rise in real interest rate could be smaller than that of nominal rate
USD/JPY is little changed around 147.25
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
