Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda will speak in the Diet twice today, comments from his first appearance for the session:

  • the 2% inflation target assists in long-run currency stability
  • BOJ is seeking to create conditions in which inflation accelerates in line with rises in corporate profits, wages
  • inflation likely to hover around 1% because wages are not rising fast enough

(Dunno about anyone else but those final 2 comments seem a little conflicting without some language gymnastics)

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda