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Tokyo (Reuters) -New North -Americans announced by President Donald Trump may be delayed, but will probably not rule out, the Japan Bank Plan to increase interest rates as policymakers seek to avoid the falls of renewed Yen that would worsen inflationary pressures.

Trump’s decision to give a 25% amount to automobile imports and a 24% reciprocal rate in other Japanese property, will have a great blow to the export economy with analysts who predict that the highest duties could reach up to 0.8% of economic growth.

The impressive Trump’s movements increased the Boj expectations that large exporters will use abroad to raise local remuneration, which would promote a cycle of salaries and price increases, considered a prerequisite for more interest rate hikes.

According to analysts, the Boj reduced its economic growth forecasts and maintaining rise rates at the next meeting on May 1.

But there is less certainty about the time that the Boj will be able to maintain the rates in which they are given inflationary pressure at home, which has obtained warnings from Hawkish Board members.

“At least, a rate rise on May 1 is out of the table, as the expected time of the United States Economy of Japan,” said Boj’s former economist, Seisaku Kameda, who is now an executive economist at the Sompo Institute Plus.

“But I will not rule out a rate rise in June or July, as the Boj is trapped in a dilemma of having to balance the risks of the economy and the domestic inflationary pressure,” he said.

While increasing rates aggressively, it could hurt growth, it seems that the perspectives of the rate could cause investors to reduce the bets of a short -term action and trigger a renewed, unwanted and inflationary Ien slide.

Boj Governor’s Member Shinichi Uchida told Parliament on Friday that the Central Bank would continue to increase rates if the economy fits the forecasts, maintaining the risks of rate growth.

Regardless of the Boj ambitions, the markets quickly rule out the possibility of climbing more. The actions of the Japanese banks plunged on Friday by fears, the rates of the United States could quench the fragile economic recovery of Japan and eliminate the efforts of the Boj to remove the rates of the low levels that have increased the benefits of the lenders.

Inflation has exceeded the goal of 2% Boj for almost three years due to a weak Yen that increased import costs, a strong contrast to the 25 -year battle of Japan with the deflation that kept the rates close to zero.

Holder inflation reached 3.7% in February with stubbornly high eating costs, which, together with constant salary increases, have increased the broader calls to continue to increase interest rates.