Although it is taking a long time to change the deflationary mindset that has been entrenched among the public for many years, the situation is improving steadily toward achieving the price stability target of 2 percent. What is of utmost importance is to continue with monetary easing until the Bank achieves the 2 percent target.
The current policy framework -- "QQE with Yield Curve Control" -- is a highly sustainable framework that is designed to enable the Bank to take flexible responses to address various changes in the situation. The Bank will achieve the  10  price stability target of 2 percent by persistently pursuing powerful monetary easing under this framework. Thank you.