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Half of Economists Now Expect BOJ's Next Move to Be More Easing

Harumi Taguchi, principal economist at IHS Markit, talks about Japan’s economy and central bank policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

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By Toru Fujioka and Masahiro Hidaka

April 21, 2019 at 8:00 PM UTC

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About half of economists now expect the Bank of Japan’s next policy move to be monetary easing, including three who see it coming this week, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The other 45 of 48 economists surveyed said they expected the BOJ to leave its policy settings unchanged at a two-day meeting ending April 25.