IMF to Tokyo and its central bank: 'Take bolder policy actions'
IMF's stern report follows Bank of Japan's decision to stay the course in monetary policy
Tokyo
WITHIN hours of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) deciding on Friday to maintain monetary easing at current levels, a terse report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the Japanese central bank to be more proactive in ridding the nation of its long-standing deflationary mindset.
The report also called on prime minister Shinzo Abe's government to implement structural economic reforms and to tackle fiscal problems more vigorously, because "doubts about long-term fiscal sustainability could lead to higher sovereign risk premiums".
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