The government increased the scale of its key consumer - purchasing programme by 2010 to Y70tn . ` While it is positive that the BoJ acted , it is not sufficient to recover its long-lost credibility as an inflation-fighter , '' said Takuji Okubo , chief Japan economist at Société Générale . Economic data show slowing growth and persistent deflationary forces . Some within Japan have been urging the government to do more to combat mild deflation . Economist : ` ` It is not sufficient to recover its long - lost credibility as an inflation - fighter . ''
The government increased the scale of its key consumer - purchasing programme by 2010 to Y70tn . Economic data show slowing growth and persistent deflationary forces . Some within Japan have been urging the government to do more to combat mild deflation . Economist : ` ` It is not sufficient to recover its long - lost credibility as an inflation - fighter . ''