BOJ chief says it is 'still taking time' to sustainably hit inflation goal
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 10/23/24 03:35 PM EDTWASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday that underlying inflation has been rising slowly, but it was "still taking time" for the country to achieve 2% inflation in a sustainable manner.
Ueda also told a panel at the International Monetary Fund that it was "very hard" to pin down the appropriate size of interest rate hikes from here on.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Leslie Adler)