Geithner has stated that the Treasury will defer and delay some payments to create approximately $200 billion worth of additional room under the ceiling, but exactly how much time this buys is unknown. Newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced some of his cabinet members economic advisor Hamada spoke overnight, stating that the BoJ should consider buying more longer-dated JGB's and other longer-dated assets and would even consider buying foreign bonds to boost inflation through currency devaluation. However, they expect gold to rally in the face of increased central bank liquidity and rising inflation fears.