Would Suganomics differ from Abenomics?

Suga Yoshihide is widely expected to stay the course on Abenomics if he succeeds Mr Abe as Prime Minister, as seems likely. However, he has indicated that he wants the Bank of Japan to provide more stimulus and has dismissed the idea that negative interest rates harm the banking sector. If he reiterates calls for further interest rate cuts once he becomes Prime Minister, the Bank of Japan may be unable to ignore them.

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