Thursday, July 23, 2015

IMF suggests Bank of Japan should enhance communication...

"Directors noted that raising inflation to the 2 percent target remained challenging. They encouraged the authorities to continue to strengthen wage-price dynamics, through emphasis on wage growth in the tripartite dialogue, encouragement of risk-taking in the financial sector, and if needed, further monetary policy action. "

"In particular, they (the Directors) felt that the Bank of Japan could provide stronger guidance to markets through enhanced communication and put greater emphasis on achieving the inflation target in a stable manner."


 GDP is expected to grow at an above-potential pace this year (0.8 percent). Inflation remains well below the Bank of Japan’s 2 percent target partly due to commodity price developments  favorable wage-price dynamics,..


Source of data: IMF Release 15/352 dated 23July 2015 



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