BOJ Gov Kuroda again - there is no need to ease policy further now

Continued stream of comments from Kuroda:

• sees no need to ease policy further
• Does not have any preset idea on what tools the BOJ should use if it needs to ease more
• must carefully weight cost, benefit of any steps if BOJ were to ease further
• monetary policy is only among the factors that impact inflation

ICYMI, his earlier remarks:

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