[ad_1] Japan faces political instability after a gamble by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to call a snap election backfired with the ruling coalition failing to win a majority in parliament for the first time since 2009. Voter discontent over a slush-fund scandal has pummeled support for Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party, causing it and its ruling […]
Japanese PM Ishiba vows to keep BOJ independent, pledges not to intervene in monetary policy – CNBC TV18
[ad_1] Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Saturday he would not intervene in monetary policy affairs, as the central bank is mandated to achieve price stability. “It’s important to avoid vocally intervening” in monetary policy affairs, or appear as if he was doing so, Ishiba said in a news conference gathering leaders of major […]