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BOJ's Ishida: Recovery on track even if GDP falls after tax hike

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By Stanley White

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What else can the BOJ say or be permitted to say even if the sky were falling. Self denial works only up to the point where reality hits and reality is coming real soon for Shinzo Abe and his troupe of clowns.

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Where are these higher wages the BOJ keeps talking about? I won't be seeing any, and neither will the civil servants at the BOJ. It seems they are living in a fantasy land in which falling salaries and a drop in GDP somehow amounts to a successful recovery.

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ABOUT TIME TO RAISE WAGES! Seriously pitiful state of affairs...

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However, government stimulus is a supporting factor and I expect exports and capital expenditure to expand

i.e. "Large construction companies and large exporting manufacturers will get lots of money from taxpayers, which will make our economy look strong on paper."

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@Scrote

Agreed - if I don't get something immediately, it obviously isn't working, right?

Higher wages on average do not mean everyone sees an increase, as an FYI.

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ryuusei: average wages are still falling, according to the BOJ figures. Therefore I must be a winner with my above average, zero pay rise.

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" Ishida also said that he saw a strong chance that Japan’s consumer prices will increase enough to reach the BOJ’s 2% inflation target from the second half of fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015."

Ah, here's the silver lining; the powerless underclass will have to pay more to get less while working more for less. Got it! Rejoice in impoverishment provided by BOJ incompetent practices! All is well!

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Just keep printing the money, wow, no brainer here.

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