Falling unemployment eases pressure on Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan has announced a timetable for the withdrawal of some emergency facilities that have become increasingly redundant. But the Bank’s own forecasts of persistent deflation confirm that the most important monetary stimulus (in the form of near-zero interest rates, generous liquidity provision and large outright purchases of government bonds) is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

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