Japan's economy likely to recover as pandemic's impact, supply constraints ease.

Japan's core consumer inflation likely to accelerate toward year-end on rising energy, food and durable goods prices.

Rise in Japan's core consumer inflation likely to slow thereafter.

Japan's upward price pressure likely to heighten as a trend.

BOJ decided to phase out pandemic funding programme, shift to fund provision step that meets wide range of financing needs.

BOJ will set no limit on amount of fund-provision under market operation targeting wide range of firms against pooled collateral.