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BOJ defends inflation-targeting strategy
Published Wed, Jan 21, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
BANK of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda insisted yesterday that the BOJ's policy of targeting 2 per cent annual consumer price inflation is "working" despite the fact that the central bank has been forced to revise down its forecast for inflation in the fiscal year beginning April 1 to one per cent from 1.7 per cent.
When Mr Kuroda took over the helm at the BOJ nearly two years ago he set an aggressive monetary easing p…
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