after years of interest rates at zero to counter deflation, mr fukui had hoped to leave office having 「normalised」 monetary policy—that is, to bring rates up to japan's nominal growth rate of 1.5-2%.
日本过年几年中都采用零利率来防止通货紧缩,而福井希望在离任时有「正常」的货币政策——即提升利率至日本正常的经济增长率1.5-2%。