Inflation and debt under dual test? IMF urges Bank of Japan: accelerate interest rate hikes!

date
19/10/2026
Recently, Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, said in an interview that the Bank of Japan's move to advance monetary policy normalization is the right direction, but if Japanese inflation rises more than expected, the Bank of Japan should accelerate the pace of interest rate hikes.