• BoJ: consumer inflation likely to accelerate towards 2 pct reflecting improvement in output gap, medium to long term inflation expectations

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31 October 2017

BoJ: consumer inflation likely to accelerate towards 2 pct reflecting improvement in output gap, medium to long term inflation expectations

  • BoJ maintains 10-year JGB yield target around zero pct

  • Pledge to buy JGBs so that its holdings increase at annual pace of around 80 trln yen

  • Board member Kataoka makes no proposal on expanding monetary stimulus

  • Kataoka opposed decision on yield curve control

  • BoJ maintains its forecast inflation to reach 2 pct during fiscal 2019/20 at quarterly review of its economic, price forecasts

  • Board member Kataoka says BoJ should ease if domestic factors lead to delay in hitting price target

  • Median real gdp forecast for fiscal 2019/20 at +0.7 pct vs +0.7 pct projected in july

  • Japan core cpi expected +1.8 pct in fy2019/20 vs +1.8 pct projected in july

  • Risks to economy roughly balanced

  • Inflation expectations remain on weak note

  • Momentum towards 2 pct price target is intact but still lacks strength

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