GDP forecasts to be cut, but not by enough

The Bank of Japan’s Policy Board is certain to cut its GDP forecasts for the current fiscal year on Thursday, but not, we think, by enough to reflect the full impact of the recent disaster. Nor are the revisions likely to be sufficiently large to prompt a further easing of monetary policy this week.

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