Japan’s labour market to remain tight despite rate hikes

The experience from other advanced economies is that there’s no hard and fast rule for how long it will take for the labour market to loosen in response to rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. But with the real policy stance set to remain loose, we expect the labour market to remain tight for the foreseeable future.

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