- BOJ’s Kuroda: Won't hesitate to ease monetary policy further if necessary
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20 December 2022
BOJ’s Kuroda: Won't hesitate to ease monetary policy further if necessary
Bank of Japan (BOJ) is speaking at the post-policy meeting conference on Tuesday, reiterating that they “won't hesitate to ease monetary policy further if necessary.”
Additional quotes
Won't hesitate to ease monetary policy further if necessary.
Premature to debate specifics on BoJ’s monetary policy framework review.
Effects overwhelm negative side-effects.
Still takes time to achieve inflation target.
Too early to debate exit to current monetary policy.
If possibility of achieving 2% price target draws near, we can discuss timing of exit.
Today's decision is not a rate hike.
Market reaction
USD/JPY is off the multi-month lows of 132.38 on Kuroda’s comments. The pair is trading at 133.03, still down 2.81% so far.
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