Stronger growth, but inflation to rise only slowly

We are lifting our GDP forecasts for both this year and next to reflect the strength of recent data. We are not making any changes to our inflation forecasts though, as price pressures still appear extremely weak. If we are right, the Bank of Japan will not be tightening any time soon.

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