BoJ’s Noguchi: Cannot be optimistic about acceleration in wage growth
|Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Asahi Noguchi is back on the wires on Thursday, noting that the central bank “cannot be optimistic about acceleration in wage growth.”
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Inflation is due to import price hikes including currency factors.
There is still distant to achievement of 2% inflation target.
No need to rush into responding to rise in long-term rates.
No need to immedately make adjustment to YCC.
We must bring real wages into positive territory.
Important to bring wage growth closer to 3% but cannot tell when it will happen.
Achivement of 2% inflation target to lead to rate hike.
Rise in long-term rates does not necessarily reflect Japan's inflation expectations, but rather US Interest rate.
Inflation expectations still weak in Japan.
Inflation expectation does not factor in achievement of 2% inflation target.
Inflation of this extent was unexpected.
Wrong to think rises in interest rates could bring forward the timing of policy change.
Market reaction
USD/JPY is defending 149.00 following the above BoJ commentary, almost unchanged on the day.
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