Japan’s business lobby: Wants sales tax hike to go ahead as scheduled

Reuters reports the latest comments by Japan's business lobby, the country’s Japan Chamber of Commerce, on the planned October sales tax hike and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) monetary policy.

Key Headlines:

Wants sales tax hike to go ahead as scheduled.

Says impossible to delay again. 

On BOJ policy:

Now not the time to move

Want it to make policy flexible without insisting on 2% inflation

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