BoJ predicted to expand QQE, within limits

Analysts predict Bank of Japan will increase QQE in October, but there may be speed bumps ahead

Bank of Japan President Haruhiko Kuroda
BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda

Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda offered an elegant spin on a familiar message when he took to the stage at the Japan Society in Manhattan last month – offering his view on the central bank's asset purchase programme and its impact on the economy. 

"Quantitative and Qualitative Easing [QQE] has been producing its intended effects," Kuroda asserted, driving his point home with a joke. "In April this year, the price of ketchup was raised for the first time in 25 years – I should note

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