Coalition calls for quantitative easing, price target

Coalition calls for quantitative easing, price target

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R) is ready to receive a package of emergency economic measures March 9 from secretaries general of the ruling parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito party and New Conservative Party. The package calls on the Bank of Japan to take quantitative monetary easing steps and set an inflation target.

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