Minister of Economy and Finance of Japan: Consumer inflation will accelerate in the second half of the year and then slow down

On August 4, Japan's Minister of Economy, Finance, Utsumi City: Projections shared by the Government and the Central Bank of Japan indicate that consumer inflation will accelerate in the second half of this year and then slow. It was to be hoped that the Central Bank of Japan would properly implement monetary policy and achieve a stable and sustainable inflation target of 2 per cent。