Bank Of Japan Lifts Growth Outlook, Keeps Easy Money Policy
Muhammad Irfan Published January 21, 2020 | 02:05 PM
The Bank of Japan on Tuesday slightly upgraded its growth forecast for the world's third-biggest economy but kept its super easy monetary policy unchanged
Tokyo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2020 ):The Bank of Japan on Tuesday slightly upgraded its growth forecast for the world's third-biggest economy but kept its super easy monetary policy unchanged.
The central bank said after a two-day policy gathering that it now expects a 0.9-percent expansion in the year to March 2021, an upgrade from a previous projection of 0.7 percent.
The brighter assessment came after a stimulus package launched by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year to prop up the economy and dampen the effects of an October hike in consumption tax from eight to 10 percent.
The decision also followed a fresh trade deal clinched between the US and China, easing a concern that had long worried global investors.
"It is true that the downside risk surrounding the global economy is slightly lower due to... the US-China trade deal and the problem of Britain leaving the EU," BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told reporters.
"Investors' risk sentiment has improved and stocks and long-term interest rates have risen in many countries," he said.
World markets have returned to relative calm after the turmoil caused by the killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the US. The strike resulted in limited retaliation and the region has so far avoided an escalation in violence.
"Japan's economy has been on a moderate expanding trend... although exports, production and business sentiment have shown some weakness, mainly affected by the slowdown in the global economy and natural disasters," the BoJ said.
Nevertheless, the tax hike and natural disasters were weighing on domestic demand, it added.
But demand "is likely to follow an uptrend... mainly against the background of highly accommodative financial conditions and active government spending", it said.
The central bank also reiterated its pledge to continue its easy monetary programme in a drive to achieve two-percent inflation for "as long as it is necessary".
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