Bank of Japan board member Sayuri Shirai said that aggressive monetary stimulus will remain in place well into next year as it would take longer than the central bank's two-year timeframe to achieve its price target. Shirai, among the most dovish policymaker in the nine-member board, also cautioned that some risks clouded the economic outlook, including soft exports and a potentially bigger-than-expected slowdown in consumer spending. "My economic and price forecasts are made on the assumption that quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) will continue during and beyond 2015 under the current ... (full story)