While the government’s decision to press ahead with lowering the sales tax on food next year will reduce headline inflation sharply, we don’t think it will have major consequences for the outlook for monetary policy. However, it will only add to investor concerns that PM Takaichi is squandering the favourable fiscal position she inherited from her predecessors.
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