kei 0kamura, portfolio manager at neuberger berman in tokyo laid out the economic implications of today'sl, we did get some news, or some leaks, several hours ago, suggesting that the bank ofjapan and its monetary policy committee is considering the possibility of raising interest rates to 25 basis points, and also to curbing or slowing down the purchases of jjbs going into next year. the story is that the bank ofjapan is considering this rate hike, which to some market participants would come as a surprise. albeit, if you think about why the bank ofjapan is thinking about this, i think it may start to make sense. the fact that we have been seeing stable inflation is a good thing, and at the same time we are starting to see that consumption is picking up, and that going into the next several months, as wages pick up, we should expect to see an increase in consumption patterns going forward, and that is our view as well. so for the bank ofjapan to begin moving on interest rates in this meeting, could be a little bit earlier than what some had anticipated, but it is not completely out of le