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Bank of Japan will lift rates to 1.75% by next year

The BoJ turned more upbeat when it left policy settings unchanged today and there’s a risk that the next rate hike will come earlier than our current forecast of July. And despite the recent surge in JGB yields, the Bank doesn’t seem keen to slow the run-off of governments bonds from its balance sheet.

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