Central Banks
Even BOJ Workers Aren't Getting Pay Rises That Kuroda Wants to Stabilize Inflation
- Growth in BOJ staff pay has fallen short of Japan’s inflation
- Kuroda is counting on wage growth to achieve 2% inflation goal
Haruhiko Kuroda
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Even the men and women working at Japan’s central bank are failing to get the pay raises Governor Haruhiko Kuroda believes are necessary to secure stable inflation.
Base salaries for Bank of Japan staff members increased by a mere 0.2% in the fiscal year to March 2023, while Kuroda’s own compensation rose by just 0.4%, according to data from the bank. Japan’s core inflation jumped 3.6% in October from a year earlier, the fastest pace in 40 years.