BOJ Beat: Reflationist Lawmaker Has High Hopes for Bold Easing

Kozo Yamamoto, a former finance-ministry official and veteran lawmaker of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is a close ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and has been one of the party’s staunchest proponents of aggressive monetary easing to reverse 15 years of deflation. With markets…

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BOJ Beat: Reflationist Lawmaker Has High Hopes for Bold Easing