In a parliamentary debate today Prime Minister Kan hinted that the government does not intend to raise Japan’s consumption tax until after the next Lower House elections, which are not scheduled to take place until August 2013. This stance might reassure those worried that an early tax hike could kill the recovery, but in our view it is dangerously complacent.
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