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BOJ Deputy Governor Hints at Possible Economic Downgrade

Masazumi Wakatabe Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe signaled that the central bank may revise down its economic assessment at this month’s policy meeting after a record number of infection cases forced the expansion and extension of a state of emergency.