TOKYO—The Bank of Japan will likely take bold action next month, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, rejecting speculation that the central bank may use a coming policy review to justify a paring back of its stimulus. “However they conduct the assessment, there is already an answer: Monetary policy hasn’t been eased enough,” Etsuro Honda said of the review set for release at the central bank’s next policy meeting in...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2016 04:43 UTC