QTC: Japan – the BOJ's consumer dilemma
In the BOJ's Q2 survey, 65% of respondents saying they felt more positive cited higher incomes, an outcome helped by policy stimulus. But 90% of people saying they felt worse blamed higher prices, with low rates and the weak JPY also the result of policy.
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