The Bank of Japan is likely to
maintain its ultra-loose monetary settings next week, putting
the focus on any hints Governor Kazuo Ueda drops about when the
central bank will boost short-term interest.
Japanese households inflation expectations fell in the three months to early December, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday, though most of the respondents still expected prices to keep.
The Bank of Japan is expected this month to broadly maintain its projection that trend inflation will stay near its 2% target in coming years, despite global economic uncertainties and soft.
TOKYO -Japan s central bank governor on Thursday voiced hopes for sustained inflation and wage growth this year, even as concerns over a recent earthquake hit stocks and led some analysts to trim.