• Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday that the central bank would ease policy.
• He was speaking at an annual meeting of Japan's largest business lobby.
• The central bank last week left its target for short-term rates at -0.1pc and that for 10-year bond yields around 0pc.

He was speaking at an annual meeting of Japan's largest business lobby, Keidanren.

The central bank last week left its target for short-term rates at -0.1pc and that for 10-year bond yields around 0pc, and it stuck to its assessment that Japan's economy continues to expand moderately as a trend.