Ex-BoJ Masai says Bank has room to hike to 0.5% by year end if conditions remain unchanged

Takako Masai, Chairperson at the SBI Financial and Economic Research Institute and Former Bank of Japan Board Member, spoke with Bloomberg.

• says the BoJ has scope to hike its benchmark rate to as high as 0.5% by the end of the year if economic conditions stay more or less on the same track

Interview is here