By Leika Kihara
Tokyo (Reuters) -with Sanae Takaichi will become Japan’s Prime Minister, moving forward in expansionist economic policies, the possibilities have increased that the Central Bank avoids increasing interest rates this month, although the pause may not last if it covers the YEN.
Takaichi, who will probably become the first leading woman in Japan next week after winning the presidency of the ruling party on Saturday, stood out in the race as the only defender of the great expense and the loose monetary policy.
Parliament is expected to vote for the conservative nationalist as Prime Minister on October 15, since his liberal Democratic party is the greatest in Parliament, although this is not insured since the LDP coalition lost its specialties in both cameras under its predecessor, Shigeru Ihiba.
The new leader complicates the rods of Boj’s rates
When winning the race, Takaichi made it clear that the Government will take the initiative by establishing a fiscal and monetary policy, and that its priority would be to reflect demand and economy in general.
When describing the recent price increases promoted by higher raw material costs, Takaichi warned that it was premature to declare the victory over deflation as companies begin to feel the pain of US tariffs by President Donald Trump.
“What would be better would be to achieve the inflation driven by demand, where wages would increase and increase demand, which in turn causes moderate price increases that increase corporate profits,” he told a press conference after his victory.
His ascension makes it more likely that the Bank of Japan refrains from increasing rates on October 30, analysts say.
“Takaichi is not considered to support interest rates increases, which could make the Boj Boj squeeze with the adjustment,” said Kazutaka Maeda, economist from the Meiji Yasuda Research Institute.
“While rates increases may not be completely ruled out, the Central Bank could adopt a more cautious and gradual approach,” he said, added that the next increase can be delayed until the beginning of next year.
However, some analysts doubt whether Takaichi will go back to the Boj Plan for a slow and moderate adjustment such as inflation, instead of Japan’s deflation curse, it is now the biggest economic problem, which costs the LDP of Ihiba a great electoral loss in July.
The BC ended decades of mass stimulus last year, which increased its 0.5% policy rate in January in the opinion that Japan was about to reach its inflation target of 2%.
Before Takaichi’s victory, the markets had a price at more than 60% probability of an increase in rates this month, with inflation above the target for more than three years, an aggressive board was divided into the September policies meeting and requires an increase in short -term rates by a folding policy manufacturer.
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