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BOJ Governor Ueda: Underlying inflation has been rising slowly

You have to wonder if the Bank of Japan begins to tilt more hawkishly once again in light of the yen declines.

  • It’s still taking time for us to get to 2% in a sustainable manner
  • If you have inflation expectations anchored around zero, it’s hard to change them
  • We can’t telegraph all our future movements ex ante
  • The problem is that if you proceed very gradually and create expectations that rates are going to stay at low levels for a very long time, this could lead to huge build up of speculative positions

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

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