Japan's Fukui on the outlook for the economy

In a speech given on 29 September Toshihiko Fukui of the Bank of Japan said that the chances are growing that the central bank will end its super-stimulative monetary policy early next year.

"Based on the projections regarding economic activity and prices ... the probability of terminating the policy is likely to gradually increase over the course of fiscal 2006 (which starts in April)," Fukui told business leaders in western Japan.

"The current economic expansion has lasted three years and eight

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