IMF官员：日本央行政策正常化方向正确 通胀若超预期或需加快加息
国际货币基金组织（IMF）亚洲及太平洋部主任克里希纳·斯里尼瓦桑10月17日接受路透社采访时表示，日本央行推进货币政策正常化「做得对」，若通胀升幅超过预期，央行可能需要加快加息步伐，以免通胀预期脱锚，一切取决于经济数据。
日本央行行长植田和男在曼谷出席IMF年会期间于周五表示，央行将聚焦于把潜在通胀锚定在2%目标附近，不会容忍通胀超调，并重申继续加息的决心。日本央行已在9月将政策利率上调至1.25%的31年高位，市场普遍预期年底前还将加息一次。
斯里尼瓦桑同时指出，日本需要阐明如何为庞大的支出计划融资，并提出中期财政框架，以缓解市场对财政风险的担忧。日元疲软推高了原材料进口成本，加剧了日本的物价压力。（GSM 据路透社报道）
IMF: Bank of Japan May Need to Tighten Faster If Inflation Beats Forecasts
The Bank of Japan is "doing the right thing" by normalising monetary policy and may need to raise interest rates faster if inflation rises more than expected, Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, told Reuters on October 17. "If inflation rises faster than expected, you have to start tightening faster because you don't want inflation expectations to get un-anchored. It's data dependent," he said.
BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda, attending the IMF annual meetings in Bangkok, said on Friday the central bank will focus on anchoring underlying inflation around its 2 percent target and won't tolerate any overshoot, stressing its resolve to keep raising rates. The BOJ lifted its policy rate to a 31-year high of 1.25 percent in September, and many analysts expect another increase by year-end.
Srinivasan added that Japan must clarify how it plans to fund its big spending plans and lay out a medium-term fiscal framework to ease market concerns about fiscal risks. A weak yen has added to price pressures by boosting raw material import costs. (GSM, based on Reuters reporting)
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