Government won’t prevent further rate hikes

The Q3 Tankan was strong across the board and strengthens the case for another rate hike. While the political noise coming out of Tokyo suggests that the BoJ will keep policy unchanged at its meeting later this month, we still think it will press ahead at its December meeting.

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