BOJ Gov Kuroda says again will continue to ease monetary policy to hit inflation target

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda crossing the news wires.

• Continue monetary easing to achieve price hikes in tandem with wage growth target
• There are uncertainties this year such as inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Read this Term and pandemic
• Japan economy to grow firmly and stably this year backed by accommoditive monetary conditions

I am not sure of the venue at which he is speaking.

Nothing new from him, Kuroda has said over and over again he wants to maintain easy policy.

Something to note though, this from here:

"The BoJ ... takes out our award for the most unpredictable central bank of 2022"

• the expansion of the tolerance band around the YCC target to +/-0.5% from +/-0.25%, something that Governor Kuroda has been telling anyone who would listen in recent months was not under consideration, since it would, he said, be tantamount to a rate rise.
• Last night he told us, ‘The move is not a rate hike’.