We have been arguing for a while that the BoJ wouldn’t ease monetary policy in 2019 and 2020 due to concerns about the impact of negative interest rates on the health of financial institutions. And given that we no longer expect a substantial sell-off in the stock market later this year to boost the yen, we doubt that the BoJ will feel pressured into easing anytime soon.
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