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Japan economics minister says market expectations high

Published December 27, 2012 Updated December 27, 2012 05:22am

 

"I believe expectations are high. We will work hard so that expectations will not remain just expectations, and that market expectations are realised," Amari told a news conference.

 

Shinzo Abe, who took over as prime minister on Wednesday, led his Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide victory in an election this month while pressuring the Bank of Japan for monetary easing to counter protracted deflation.

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