KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday the central bank would maintain its loose monetary policy in order to sustain inflation at its 2% target along with wage growth. Kuroda's comments at a New Year gathering of the Japanese bankers' association counter lingering market speculation the BOJ may join the world's major central banks in tightening money supply to fight decade-high inflation. The world's third-largest economy would grow firmly and stably this year backed by accommodative monetary conditions although uncertainties such as inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic remain, Kuroda said.
BOJ's Kuroda Aims to Keep Policy Loose to Meet Price, Wage Growth Goals
KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday the central bank would maintain its loose monetary policy in order to sustain inflation at its 2% target along with wage growth. Kuroda's comments at a New Year gathering of the Japanese bankers' association counter lingering market speculation the BOJ may join the world's major central banks in tightening money supply to fight decade-high inflation. The world's third-largest economy would grow firmly and stably this year backed by accommodative monetary conditions although uncertainties such as inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic remain, Kuroda said.