Bank of Japan remains too optimistic about inflation

While there are good reasons to believe that inflation will continue to recover in coming months, the Bank of Japan’s most recent forecasts from January are far too optimistic. Downward revisions to the Bank’s projections at the meeting later this month would underline that expectations of tighter policy are likely to be disappointed.

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