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BOJ: All policy unchanged from the BoJ, votes 8-1 to keep policy on hold.
- Kataoka was the lone dissenter. This was the first meeting for Kataoka, seen
as an advocate of reflationist policies, implication being that this was dovish
dissent. The statement indicates that Kataoka sees a low chance of CPI hitting
the 2% target even after 2018, adding that YCC is not enough to push inflation
to target.
- New members replaced Sato and Kiuchi, who were both hawkish dissenters.

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