TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) should refrain from expanding stimulus further as the risks of additional easing outweigh the benefits, especially as borrowing costs are already very low, former central bank policymaker Sayuri Shirai said.
The central bank’s next step should be to taper its massive asset-buying programme, accompanied by a deepening of negative interest rates to moderate rises in bond yields, she said.
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