The summary is likely to boost speculation over another hike this year, although it offers no clear signal on the timing.
The Bank of Japan affirmed that its policy focus has shifted to preventing inflation from overshooting its target in a summary of opinions from last month’s policy meeting, when authorities raised the policy rate to the highest level since 1995. The summary, which doesn’t disclose who made the comments, noted that one member said authorities had entered a new phase of policymaking aimed at keeping inflation from exceeding the 2% target. That comes after 13 years during which the bank sought to gradually lift price growth toward that level.
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