Bank of Japan to keep policy loose next year

With yields set to rise overseas and concerns that low policy rates may curtail lending likely to linger, speculation about policy tightening in Japan will not subside next year. However, we believe that subdued price pressures will force the Bank to keep policy loose at least until the end of 2019.

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