BoJ's Kuroda: No change in central bank's stance to achieve the 2% price target

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kuroda is back on the wires now, via Reuters, noting that the BoJ needs to continue easing persistently to reach the price target.´

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No change in the central bank's stance to achieve the 2% price target.

Wants to keep a close watch on the effects of trade protectionism.

BoJ needed a big policy change in 2013 because of deflation.