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Morgan Stanley Mitsubishi Securities analysts said that if Yuriko Koike is chosen as the successor to Shigeru Ishiba, the Japanese stock market may benefit because she may lean towards fiscal expansion. "Yuriko Koike is considered to have a strong inclination towards expansionary fiscal policy, which may be seen as more favorable for the Japanese stock market," analysts Sho Nakazawa wrote in the report. If she becomes the next prime minister, foreign investors in particular believe that Japan's fiscal and monetary policies will shift towards expansion. With core inflation rates already rising to around 3%, Yuriko Koike is unlikely to implement an "excessively loose monetary policy" this year. Yuriko Koike also supports nuclear power, which will bring positive impact to stocks in the electricity and natural gas sectors.