Japan finance minister Suzuki with some generic remarks.

  • Specific monetary policy is up to the BOJ to decide
  • its important for the government and BOJ to closely exchange opinions

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Also, remarks from Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda backing-up Suzuki:

  • will closely co-ordinate with the government to conduct appropriate policy
  • enhancing labour productivity is important more than ever to raise GDP growth

USD/JPY not doing much on the session here so far:

usdyen chart 17 November 2022