Japan Finance Minister: Held meeting on maintaining close Govt, BoJ coordination

• Held meeting from perspective of maintaining close Government and BoJ coordination
• Held meeting on my request to confirm cooperation under the new administration
• Reaffirmed closely monitoring market
• Reconfirmed technical tweak to BoJ-Government joint statement, no change to substance
• No specific discussion on FX
• BoJ Ueda explained current policy stance
• Reaffirmed need for Government-BoJ to work towards sustainably achieving price increase backed by wage gains and sustainable growth
• Will closely monitor market developments with high sense of urgency

This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.