January 31, 2025 at 05:44AM
Recent inflation driven mostly by cost-push factors
Cost-push factors likely to dissipate in the middle to late this year
BOJ to maintain accommodative policy to support price trend
Mindful that FX moves have various effects on the economy
But we do not conduct monetary policy targeting FX
Well, he doesn’t sound like he’s in that much of a hurry to keep hiking rates. But we’ll see. Things can change quickly as seen with the shift in narrative from his December remarks to the rate hike in January. USD/JPY is up 0.3% to 154.80 levels now.
This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.
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