Japan Drop-In: Will the BOJ hike rates again before the policy window closes?

With shifting Japanese inflation dynamics likely to shrink the Bank of Japan’s opportunity to tighten policy in the coming months, we think its July meeting will end with a decision to raise interest rates for the second – and final – time this year. 

But will the Bank move this time – and could Japan’s growth-inflation outlook argue for further tightening? Our Japan and Markets economists held this special post-BOJ meeting briefing all about the Japanese economic and policy outlook.