Japan PM Abe: BOJ's policy impact spreading gradually

Reuters

Published Sep 13, 2016 08:25PM ET

Japan PM Abe: BOJ's policy impact spreading gradually

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the impact of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy is gradually spreading to the real economy and that the nation was on its way to escaping deflation.

Downside risks to the global economic outlook are rising, Abe also said in a video message aired on Wednesday at a seminar in Tokyo organized by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC).