At the beginning of the year this growth slowed a little, but we feel that it remains robust and will bounce back and continue. And second, inflation is returning towards 2%, which is the ultimate goal of everything we do. But the policy was working, and now you’re stopping it? We’re stopping it precisely because it has worked.
Haruhiko Kuroda: Asia’s contribution to the global economy – prospects and challenges for the transition to domestic demand-led growth Speech by Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the 4th Bank of Thailand Policy Forum, Bangkok, 24 July 2014. * 1.