all eyes are on
日本経済は回復に向かっておりますが，まだまだ懸念も多いようです。今回見ていきたいのは，”all eyes are on”という部分です。これには，「みんなが注目している，関心を払っている」という意味です（Wisdom英和辞典（第三版）』（三省堂））。衆目を集めるということですね。幾人もの目が一点に集まっている感じが伝わります。今回の記事では日銀の動向に衆目が集まっているということです。（Ume）
BOJ refrains from fresh easing after weak growth data
“Japan’s economy has continued to recover moderately, and a front-loaded increase in demand prior to the consumption tax hike has recently been observed,” the BOJ said in a statement.
The sales tax hike—to 8% from 5%—is seen as crucial to bringing down Japan’s eye-watering national debt, but it has also raised fears that it will derail Tokyo’s bid to kickstart the world’s third-largest economy.
Analysts are widely predicting the BOJ will launch an expansion of its asset-buying plan, launched last April, later this year to counter any slowdown. All eyes are now on a press briefing from by BOJ Gov Haruhiko Kuroda later in the day to see if the bank chief will hint at future policy moves.
