BoJ’s Masu: Want to scrutinize how prices move after recent spike in price of rice moderates

Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) new board member Kazuyuki Masu said on Tuesday, he would “want to scrutinize how prices move after recent spike in price of rice moderates.”

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Don't have any strong disagreement to the BoJ’s view underlying inflation is still short of 2%.

Automobiles are mainstay of Japan’s export to the US, so should not have any pre-set idea on impact on Japan’s economy until trade talks with the US resolved.