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# BOJ policymaker Masu warns that yen depreciation may raise inflation expectations

-   Need to pay attention to whether inflation triggered by yen depreciation may raise inflation expectations
-   The risk there is that it may also raise underlying inflation
-   BOJ will continue to raise policy rate in response to economic, price, financial developments
-   Japan has clearly entered into inflationary phase
-   What is vital now is to ensure that underlying inflation does not exceed 2%, managed by appropriate policy setting
-   Judged that the situation did not warrant a hasty decision to raise interest rates during April meeting

More to come..

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