Japan’s Suzuki: Closely watching Fed and other central banks’ policy decisions
Ahead of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy announcements, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki hit the wires, citing that they are “closely watching fed and other central banks’ policy decisions.”
Additional quotes
Won’t comment on the BoJ policy decision.
Expects BoJ to conduct policy appropriately.
Closely watching price hikes in steering economic policy.
Want to achieve wage hikes that beat inflation.
Market reaction
At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading near 139.48, up 0.04% on the day.