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
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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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