BOJ’s Etoh: Japan's economy likely to continue expanding moderately as a trend

Fresh headlines are crossing the wires from a senior Bank of Japan (BOJ) official Etoh, as he speaks about the Japanese economy.

Japan's economy likely to continue expanding moderately as a trend.

Inflation likely to gradually accelerate toward 2% but various uncertainties exist on this forecast.

Japan's financial system maintaining stability as a whole.

Japan's economy now showing signs of excess that were seen during bubble period of late 1980s.

BOJ will scrutinize developments in Japan’s property market, impact on financial institutions' profits.