By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must keep monetary policy loose and move very gradually in raising interest rates as global trade uncertainty clouds the economic outlook, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Wednesday. Japan's economy has performed better than expected so far this year on robust consumption and exports, with Tokyo's trade deal with Washington easing some uncertainty, said Nada Choueiri, deputy director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department. Bu ...

政治领导层变动 - 高市早苗预计将于10月15日成为日本下一任首相，这将是日本首位女性领导人[1][2] - 高市早苗在执政党领导权竞争中获胜，其政策主张以大规模支出和宽松货币政策著称[1] 宏观经济政策导向 - 新领导层明确政府将在制定财政和货币政策方面发挥主导作用，优先目标是刺激需求和重振经济[3] - 政策目标是实现需求驱动的通货膨胀，即工资上涨推动需求，进而引发温和的价格上涨并提升企业利润[4] - 新领导层认为近期物价上涨由原材料成本推动，并警告称宣布战胜通缩为时过早[3] 日本央行利率政策预期 - 分析师认为高市早苗上任增加了日本央行在10月30日维持利率不变的可能性[4] - 高市早苗不被视为加息的支持者，这可能使日本央行更难以推进紧缩政策[5] - 日本央行可能采取更为谨慎和渐进的紧缩方式，下一次加息或推迟至明年初[5] - 在高市早苗获胜前，市场曾定价本月加息概率超过60%[7] - 日本央行已于去年结束大规模刺激，并在今年1月将政策利率上调至0.5%[6] 通胀环境与政治影响 - 通胀已成为比通缩更严重的日本经济问题，导致前任领导层所在政党在7月选举中遭遇重大失利[6] - 日本通胀水平已超过央行2%的目标超过三年[7] - 日本央行9月政策会议上鹰派意见出现分歧，甚至有鸽派政策制定者呼吁近期加息[7]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday he had a good session with former Fed official James Bullard as part of his search for a new Fed chairman. "Mr. Bullard and I had a very good approximately two-hour session. He has incredible experience from the St. Louis Fed. He is an expert on monetary policy, deep academic background, and knows the institution of the Fed very well," Bessent said in an interview with CNBC. Bullard, the former president of the Federal Reserve B ...