The Finance Ministry is studying measures to issue inflation-linked bonds, the ministry's top bureaucrat said Monday.
"We must think about policy on bonds from a broad perspective, and the issuance of inflation-linked bonds is one matter that should be studied," Vice Finance Minister Toshiro Muto told a news conference.
Muto added, however, that the issuance of inflation-linked bonds, which would link maturity payouts with inflation levels prevalent at that time, would involve taxation and technical problems that would need to be addressed.