BoJ board member Goushi Kataoka continued his call for more monetary stimulus in a speech to business leaders today. He argued that the central bank should ramp up its monetary easing to achieve inflation target earlier.
And he warned, “if the current monetary easing is prolonged, it would mean the period in which Japan’s economy faces various uncertainties will be longer. That means uncertainty on achieving our price target will heighten.”
Kataoka is a known dove who persistently vote against BoJ’s policy in push for more easing.