Governor of Bank of Japan knows ‘absolutely nothing’ about reports of policy tweaks
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda stuck to the bank’s playbook on Saturday, declining to comment on reports that policy makers are considering measures to soften the side effects of their aggressive monetary easing campaign.
Remarks on the issue would not be appropriate given the proximity of the bank’s monetary policy meeting, Kuroda said, adding that policy decision will require sufficient discussion about prices and the state of the economy.
“I know absolutely nothing about the basis for those reports,” Kuroda said in Buenos Aires, where he is attending the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s leading 20 economies.
According to the reports, the BOJ is considering policy tweaks to make its monetary easing campaign sustainable in the long run.
