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post: JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER KISHIDA BELIEVES HIS RESIGNATION IS THE BEST WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THE LDP IS EVOLVING post: JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER KISHIDA CALLS FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE SLUSH FUND MATTER WITH HIS RESIGNATION post: JAPAN PM KISHIDA: TO MAKE FULL EXIT FROM DEFLATION-PRONE ECONOMY, WE MUST PROMOTE WAGE, INVESTMENT GROWTH AND ACHIEVE TARGET TO EXPAND SIZE OF JAPAN'S GDP TO 600 TRLN YEN post: KISHIDA: IMPORTANT TO DO POLITICS THAT RESONATE WITH PUBLIC KISHIDA: TO MAKE FULL EXIT FROM DEFLATION-PRONE ECONOMY, MUST PROMOTE WAGE AND INVESTMENT GROWTH back to NIRP it isJapan Kishida: Must promote wage, investment growth for full exit deflation-prone economy Prime Minister Kishida press conference. He is announcing he won't be running to stay on as PM. • To make full exit from deflation-prone economy, we must promote wage, investment growth and achieve target to expand size of Japan's GDP to 600 trln yen. • Important to show new face of LDP in leadership race. • First step to do so is for me to step down. • Won't run for re-election as LDP leader. • Will fully support new leader. • Made this decision considering what's best for public. • Have no hesitation in taking responsibility as head of LDP for issues caused by members.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends not to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election next month, government sources said Wednesday, in a ...

post: RBNZ'S ORR CONSIDERS 50BP RATE CUT, DECIDES ON 25 AS PER CONSENSUS post: RBNZ GOVERNOR ORR: WE CAN BEGIN NORMALIZATION OF INTEREST RATES post: RBNZ GOVERNOR ORR: DARKEST PERIOD FOR ECONOMY IS RIGHT NOW post: RBNZ'S ORR: 25 BASIS POINT RATE CUT IS A RELATIVELY LOW-RISK STARTRBNZ Governor Orr: Confident inflation back in its target band Reserve Bank of New Zealand Orr: • Confident inflation back in its target band. • Can commence re-normalising rates. • We considered a range of moves and consensus was for 25bps.