Abe Offers Kuroda Understanding as Markets Undercut Price Goal

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As global financial markets deepened a sell off on Monday, Japan’s prime minister aknowledged that the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target is getting more difficult to achieve.

Shinzo Abe expressed confidence in Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda amid a plunge in oil prices that threatens to push the BOJ’s key price measure below zero.