Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda speech: Note his comment on financial stability. Financial stability concerns are often used as a supportive factor by those wanting to reduce policy accommodation. K says its not an issue though. • Japan's economy showing some signs of weakness but picking up as a trend • Japan's economy likely to recover as impact of covid-19, supply constraints ease • Japan's consumer inflation moving around 0.5% • Japan's consumer inflation likely to clearly accelerate pace of increase • there is very high uncertainty on how developments in Ukraine affect Japan's economy and prices via markets, asset ... (full story)