BOJ deputy governor Nakaso:

  • Downside risks involving overseas economies receding as a whole
  • Rready to adjust policy if risks force us to alter our economic, price forecasts and make meeting price target difficult
  • Important to steadily proceed with current QE program
  • Japan economy likely to continue moderate recovering as a whole
  • Economy on path to achieving 2% inflation goal
  • Japan to continue recovery even with tax hike effects

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