Mizuho says that Kuroda did not intend to signal exit from policy easing

According to a Bloomberg telephone interview with Mizuho Securities' senior economist Toru Seuhiro

Says that Kuroda's comments on a possible exit from policy easing are inconsistent with his earlier remarks in the week.

Suehiro says that this suggests it wasn't an intended message from Kuroda while adding that the BOJ is unlikely to meet its 2% inflation target anyway so Kuroda's remarks bear little importance.

Just more responses coming in on Kuroda's speech earlier today at the lower house in parliament. Here's a summary of the speech in case you missed it.