• plus risks of excessive credit expansion and destabilisation of financial system
  • prompt action to address demographic challenges is needed to preserve growth momentum of domestic demand-led economy in Asia

BOJ gov speaking in Thailand

  • it’s important to establish regional safety nets in Asia to prepare for possible external shocks
  • current global accommodative financial conditions raise the possibility of unhealthy global capital inflows into Asian economies
  • Asian countries should prevent execessive expansion of credit to ensure domestic demand-led growth
  • in Japan the potential growth rate has been pushed down by a decline in labour input

Kuroda in cautious mode

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