© Reuters. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki arrives for a news conference during the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, following last month’s deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that he expected the Bank of Japan to guide monetary policy appropriately to achieve stable and sustainable inflation accompanied by wage growth.
“The government respects independence of the BOJ, so I won’t comment on monetary policy management. I expect the BOJ to work closely with the government,” Suzuki told reporters.