Japan's Central Bank May Be Giving Up on Surprising Markets

  • Speeches by Kuroda and Nakaso offer more insight on thinking
  • BOJ officials are conducting a comprehensive review of policy

BOJ Offers More Insight Into Policy

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The Bank of Japan is ditching the tactic under Governor Haruhiko Kuroda of surprising markets with its monetary decisions.

That’s the conclusion of BOJ watchers sifting through speeches and media appearances with Kuroda and other officials in recent weeks, which have offered far greater insight into the central bank’s thinking than previously in the governor’s term.