Senior Japan official tries to water down BOJ's Uchida's comments yesterday

Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi:

• Up to BOJ to decide monetary policy details
• BOJ Deputy Gov Uchida's
• Comments on monetary policy yesterday are same as Bank of Japan Governor Ueda made at last policy meeting
• Expect BOJ to cooperate govt closely and conduct appropriate monetary policy toward price target

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ICYMI, Uchida on Thursday:

• Bank of Japan Uchida says does not expect very easy policy to change in a big way

• BOJ's Uchida: Future rate path depends on economic, price developments at the time
• BOJ's Uchida: I won't make any assessment on market perceptions of future rate path