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23 Feb 2016 02:02GMT
USD/JPY - ......Breaking news: In the Parliament Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's comment that the expanding base money alone will not immediately lead to price rises and a heightening of inflation expectations.
-expansion of base money alone won't immediately push up prices, inflation expectations
-key transmission channel of QQE is to push down real interest rates
-it's true inflation expectations have been somewhat weak recently
-in long run, inflation expectations are rising
-must continue QQE with negative rates until inflation is sustainably above 2 pct
While the Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said he expects Group of 20 finance ministers to debate on how to cooperate in response to the recent turmoil in global financial markets, and Japan was not engaged in competitive currency devaluation and that major economies share an understanding that competitive currency devaluation is undesirable.
-recent market moves are somewhat volatile
-expect G20 to debate how to cooperate in response to recent market moves
-G20 also likely to discuss oil price volatility
-Japan is not engaged in competitive currency devaluation
-G7, G20 share understanding that competitive currency devaluation not desirable
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