In a notable shift, Naoki Tamura, a hawkish policy maker at the Bank of Japan, has publicly advocated for a significant increase in interest rates, suggesting that they should reach at least 1% by late 2025
At a press conference following the Financial and Economic Forum on the 12th, Bank of Japan board member Tamura Naoki expressed the view that if the economic and price situation develops as expected, "we will need to gradually raise interest rates, check the reaction of the economy and prices, and explore the appropriate level of short-term interest rates." He also said that the pace of interest rate hikes "will likely be gradual." In a speech o…