Japan's Dec core inflation likely steady, BOJ policy seen unchanged

TOKYO (Jan 19): Japan's consumer prices are expected to have posted a 12th straight month of gains in December, a Reuters poll found, although the persistently modest inflation will pressure the central bank to maintain its stimulus to meet its 2% target.

Economists project the Bank of Japan will keep its short-term interest rate at minus 0.1% and the 10-year government bond yield target at around zero percent next week, the poll showed.

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