thejapantimes, 12 days ago to business The Bank of Japan must avoid raising interest rates to combat a weak yen, as higher borrowing costs would hit consumption and services inflation, said Tsutomu Watanabe, a former central bank official and an expert on price trends. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/10/economy/ex-boj-banker-watanabe/ #business #economy #tsutomuwatanabe #boj #yen #japaneseeconomy
The Bank of Japan must avoid raising interest rates to combat a weak yen, as higher borrowing costs would hit consumption and services inflation, said Tsutomu Watanabe, a former central bank official and an expert on price trends. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/10/economy/ex-boj-banker-watanabe/ #business #economy #tsutomuwatanabe #boj #yen #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 8 months ago to business The Bank of Japan should stop trying to keep policy normalization speculation at bay by offering an inflation outlook that doesn’t reflect reality, according to one of the country’s leading experts on prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/29/economy/boj-outlook-prices/?utm_content=buffere8e26&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #negativeinterestrates #inflation #tsutomuwatanabe
The Bank of Japan should stop trying to keep policy normalization speculation at bay by offering an inflation outlook that doesn’t reflect reality, according to one of the country’s leading experts on prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/29/economy/boj-outlook-prices/?utm_content=buffere8e26&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #negativeinterestrates #inflation #tsutomuwatanabe