Bank of Japan to remain on hold next year

The Bank of Japan left policy rates unchanged today and reiterated its readiness to ease policy if required. However, the background material to its “re-examination of economic and price developments“ was fairly upbeat. And by anticipating a further decline in the output gap, the Bank set a high bar for any easing. We reiterate our forecast that the Bank will keep policy rates unchanged.

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