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BOJ’s Ueda Highlights Risk of Inflation Falling Below Target

Kazuo Ueda

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New Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda struck a dovish tone once again by highlighting the risk of inflation slowing below the central bank’s target.

Comparing the risk of inflation overshooting and falling below 2%, “it’s appropriate to conduct monetary policy by focusing on the latter risk” considering economic conditions, Ueda told reporters in Washington Wednesday.