Japan's corporate inflation expectations slump, keeps BOJ under pressure
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies' inflation expectations slid in the three months to December, a central bank survey showed, a sign years of heavy money printing has done little to turn around the public's sticky deflationary mindset.The data reinforces market expectations that subdued inflation will force the Bank of Japan to maintain its massive stimulus programme for a prolonged period, or even ramp it up, to hit its elusive 2% price goal.Japanese companies expect consumer prices to rise..