The Nikkei (Japan media) asks that question in apiece published for today
Some of the points:
- "He is a lame duck now," one BOJ official said after the bank's comprehensive review of its easy money policy was released in September
- The shift in the BOJ's policy focus from the monetary base to interest rates is seen as an admission by Kuroda that his policy had failed.
- Kuroda's term ends in around 18 months
The article also says expectations are for no further easing this year. With only a couple of months to go that could well be right, but I wouldn't be concluding Kuroda's bazooka is empty ...
