Citing sources familiar with the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) thinking, the Japanese media agency – Jiji, reported on Monday that the central bank is looking to consider the Consumer Price Index (CPI) projection for FY2025 between 1.6%-1.9%.

The BoJ meets next week for its monetary policy review and it will be the first one under the new Governor Kazuo Ueda. Ueda’s comments last week emphasized that accommodative monetary policy in Japan is here to stay.

At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading at 134.05, up 0.20% on the day. The pair is underpinned by increased Fed rate hike expectations.