BOJ to begin research to include wage trends in ‘tankan’ business survey

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BOJ to begin research to include wage trends in ‘tankan’ business survey

Pedestrians walk past the northern entrance to the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Tuesday it would start preliminary research on including wage-related items in its quarterly “tankan” business survey to more accurately reflect wage trends in the country’s monetary policy.

The central bank plans to conduct several preliminary surveys on wage growth as well as its economic

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from September this year through June next year, targeting about 1,500 companies, or a sixth of all 9,000 tankan respondents.

The wage items would likely be introduced to the tankan survey in a few years, a BOJ official said.

The BOJ publishes the results of its tankan survey, or the Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan, in April, July, October and December.

In a move to phase out its ******** stimulus, the BOJ raised interest rates last month, driven by a growing conviction Japan is making progress towards sustainably achieving its 2% inflation target, supported by solid wage growth.

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