Bank of Japan Governor Ueda says inflation is dropping back at a rapid pace

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda says inflation is dropping back at a rapid pace

  • the recent recession in Japan follows previous strong quarters
  • Japan’s economy will continue recovering gradually
  • Japan firms’ capex plan is strong, which likely to be implemented
    eventually
  • Japan’s economy not
    yet in situation where sustained achievement of 2% inflation can be
    foreseen
  • In judging whether
    sustained achievement of 2% inflation target can be foreseen, this
    year’s annual wage negotiation outcome is key
  • Compared with when we announced our january report, labor unions have
    demanded wage growth higher than last year, big firms seem keen to
    hike wages
  • Want to look at
    collective outcome of wage talks, as well as hearings we conduct on
    firms

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com. Source