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IMF: BoJ likely to raise interest rates again this year

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for Japan, said on Friday that the “Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise interest rates again this year.”

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See them reaching levels deemed neutral to the economy by end-2027.

See Japan's neutral interest rate in the band of 1-2%.

Japan's economy likely to expand 1.1% this year as continued recovery in wage growth underpins domestic demand.

Further BoJ rate hikes should be gradual, flexible to ensure pick-up in domestic demand.

Risks to Japan's economic growth are skewed to the downside as heightened uncertainty geopolitical fragmentation weigh on global growth.

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IMF’s Gopinath: Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target

Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Friday that “Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target, which is why remains appropriate the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to maintain accommodative monetary policy.” Additional quotes We see positive signs of Japan's inflation moving durably to the 2% target.
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