I had the headlines on this much earlier today

Ex-BOJ board member Nakahara - yield control, neg rate are mistakes

Bloomberg have more now on comments from Nobuyuki Nakahara, "an intellectual father of the Bank of Japan's first run at quantitative easing in 2001"

  • BOJ's switch to yield-curve targeting compounds its earlier error of adopting negative interest rates
  • A disappointing move away from monetary-base expansion
  • The decision to conduct a comprehensive review of monetary policy had invited defeat on reflationist efforts and would raise questions about Abenomics as a whole.

Nakahara: "You've blown your chance of a 2nd term!"

Kuroda: "You say that like its a bad thing"