New Japan finance minister a fiery battler

TOKYO (Reuters) Japan new finance minister, Naoto Kan, is a fiery ruling party heavyweight who faces uk canada goose outlet the tough task of trying to stimulate the economy without upsetting investors by bloating cheap Canada Goose an already huge public debt.

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The new minister gave no clues on his policy plans on Wednesday, but despite the perception that he is not as much a fiscal hawk as Fujii, he is not necessarily an advocate of big spending.

Known for his quick temper, he snapped at outspoken Banking Minister Shizuka Kamei when he called for huge budget spending that would have forced the government to issue a large amount of new bonds, boosting public debt at a time when such worries were putting pressure on bond yields.

Kan is also close to influential party No.2 Ichiro Ozawa, who helped persuade Hatoyama to drop a key campaign pledge so the government could limit spending in the budget.

The new minister is among the buy canada goose jacket most vocal critics in the cabinet of the Bank of Japan. Canada Goose Parka He criticised the central bank economic view as too rosy and pressured it to do more to support growth.

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won see an immediate reaction from the central bank. But it does raise the chance over time that we get a few more accommodative measures.

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