Kuroda’s term to end with inflation still below target

The Bank of Japan kept policy settings unchanged today as widely anticipated. And by predicting inflation well below its 2% target all the way to FY2023, the Bank signalled that Governor Kuroda won’t start to tighten monetary policy before his current term comes to an end.

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