Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda speaking in parliament today:
- BOJ easing having desired effects
- Core CPI is moving about 0%
- Core CPI at 0% due to fall in oil prices
- Sees Japan's overall price trend as improving
- CPI ex-Fresh Food, Energy positive for past 28 months
More:
- Almost all recent moves can be explained by oil
- Will continue easing until 2% inflation is stable
- Expects core CPI to reach 2% around H1 of FY 2017
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Bloomberg headlines
We had a giggle about Kuroda's 3D printing back in the good old days. About 3 weeks ago or something.