TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year to near 2% at this month’s policy meeting as global commodity inflation drives up energy and food costs, said three sources familiar with its thinking.
While the upgrade will bring inflation closer to its 2% target, the central bank will stress its resolve to keep monetary policy ultra-loose to underpin a fragile economic recovery, the sources said.
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