TOKYO -- As central bankers mingled in the mountain air at the Jackson Hole symposium last month, Japan's mask-wearing Haruhiko Kuroda looked every bit the symbol of his country's rigid monetary policy.
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The Fed and the Bank of Japan are even further apart after Jackson Hole
With big U.S. rate hike expected in September, pressure on Kuroda set to rise
BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, left, stressed at Jackson Hole that Japan must continue its easing policy, while U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell called for fighting inflation "until the job is done." (Nikkei montage/Photos by Reuters, iStock)
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