BOJ Kuroda: Expect consumer prices to rise gradually from here on

Additional headlines crossing the wires from the BOJ Chief Kuroda, as he continues to speak at the press conference.

Headlines via Reuters:

Expects consumer prices to rise gradually from here on

Amount of JGB purchases will vary depending on market conditions

Still quite a distance to achieve 2% target

Not appropriate to present specific plan now about exit from stimulus

Hard to talk about simulations about what will happen with BOJ earnings during exit