BOJ governor Kuroda at a scheduled speech in Tokyo

  • will monitor impact of markets on economy.prices
  • will continue easing until 2% stable
  • expects CPI to pick up toward 2% target
  • financial markets continue to be volatile
  • virtuous economic cycle being maintained

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USDJPY also suitably unimpressed at 107.83

Kuroda looks to see if anyone in the room is still awake