Japan`s central bank on Tuesday pushed back its timeline for reaching a high-profile inflation target, in the latest acknowledgement that Tokyo's war on deflation is falling way below expectations.

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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) said it now expected prices to move "toward" 2.0% by March 2019 -- marking the latest in a series of delays for a price goal originally targeted for around April 2015.