Majority of Economists Predict Bank of Japan Will End Negative Interest Rates in 2024

Nearly two-thirds of economists in a Reuters poll say the Bank of Japan will end its negative interest rate policy next year.

25 of 28 economists expect no change to BOJ policy at next week's meeting, but 3 expect the BOJ to begin unwinding easy stance.

17 of 27 economists expect the BOJ to end negative rates by end of 2024, up from 52% in September poll.

Japan is the sole major central bank still pursuing easy policy as others raise rates to curb inflation.

BOJ expected to raise its core inflation forecast for fiscal 2024 to near 3% from 2.5% at October policy meeting.