Weak consumption is a reflection of lagging real wage growth in Japan, says former BOJ official

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Weak consumption is a reflection of lagging real wage growth in Japan, says former BOJ official

Tsutomu Watanabe, Founder of Nowcast Inc and former Senior Economist at the BOJ, talks about how weak real wage growth in Japan is impeding the country's economic normalization. He also says that the BOJ will likely hike rates in June rather than continue intervening in the yen.
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Sun, May 24 202610:28 PM EDT