BOJ should be more flexible on 2% inflation target: ex-policymaker

Takahide Kiuchi, an economist who left the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017. Kiuchi said that the central bank should be more flexible in pursuing its 2 percent inflation target and gain a freer hand in adjusting monetary policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo