BOJ BOARD MEMBER TAKATA SUGGESTS BUMPING SHORT-TERM RATE TARGET TO 1.5 PERCENT, MOTION FAILS

Bank of Japan board member Hajime Takata proposed raising the short-term policy rate target to 1.5 percent, but his motion was rejected by the board. The failed vote indicates the BOJ majority is not yet prepared to accelerate tightening, which keeps the yen-funding carry trade and the gap between Japanese and US short-term yields intact. A hawkish dissent of this kind typically pushes up Japanese government bond yields at the front end and can lift the yen modestly, but the rejection limits the rate-differential repricing that would otherwise support the currency. Traders will be watching the next BOJ policy meeting and the upcoming Tokyo CPI and national inflation prints for signs of whether underlying price pressures justify a shift toward the higher target.

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