In that sense, it is indispensable to bring the economy back to an "ordinary" state first. As stated in the Bank's report on price stability published in autumn last year, we think that the adoption of inflation targeting is one of the issues to be examined when the economy goes back to an "ordinary" state.
Since this spring, the Bank has held the Workshop on Price Stability for three times in order to promote the mutual understanding of the issues related to prices between academics and the Bank staff.