The Bank of Japan has turned more optimistic on the economic outlook recently, in part on the belief that the plunge in the cost of energy should boost demand. A more pressing concern though is that falling inflation is undermining expectations of future price rises. We therefore still think that the Bank will ease pre-emptively in April to signal its determination that its inflation target will be met.
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