Economic activity is set to strengthen next year as consumers bring forward spending ahead of the sales tax hike scheduled for April 2017. However, demand will surely slump once the tax has been raised. With underlying inflation set to moderate in coming months, we think the Bank of Japan may still decide to step up the pace of easing to provide the economy with sufficient momentum to overcome the bump in the road caused by the tax hike.
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