TOKYO, March 3 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday that the government and the Bank of Japan are making efforts to escape from deflation at an early date.
'The government and the BOJ have a common understanding about the need to beat deflation and are making efforts to do this,' Kan, also deputy prime minister, told an upper house budget committee meeting.
(Reporting by Rie Ishiguro)
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'The government and the BOJ have a common understanding about the need to beat deflation and are making efforts to do this,' Kan, also deputy prime minister, told an upper house budget committee meeting.
(Reporting by Rie Ishiguro)
((rie.ishiguro@thomsonreuters.com; +81 3 6441 1885; Reuters Messaging: rie.ishiguro.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: JAPAN ECONOMY/KAN (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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