BOJ's Fukui sees rates rising slowly - report

The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates gradually to keep inflation under control while also giving the economy time to recover, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun quoted BOJ governor Toshihiko Fukui as saying in an interview published Tuesday 23 May.

"We would like to adjust the interest rate level slowly (but also) not to be excessively behind the curve (too late)," Fukui said.

"The Japanese economy has just got out of intensive care, so to speak. It needs special care for the moment as it may have

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