Comment: BoJ to end QE this week?

Friday's inflation data has added to feverish speculation that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will end its "quantitative easing" policy later this week. However, the departure from its zero-interest rate policy is still months off and the question of the potential adoption of inflation targets remains.

COMMENT BY CENTRALBANKNEWS

Markets were expecting a year-on-year increase in Japan's core CPI of 0.4% in January, representing the third straight month of increases in this measure after small increases of

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