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BOJ tools include YCC, bond buying, interest rates

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The Japan flag is juxtaposed against a Japanese yen bank note. Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Bank of Japan policymakers will gather in Tokyo next week for their penultimate meeting this year. Market observers expect them to raise their inflation projections, while others think further modest adjustments to its yield curve control policy … Read more

Financial institution of Japan loosen’s YCC, cites ‘higher flexibility’ and jolts markets

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The Financial institution of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. Bloomberg | Getty Pictures The Financial institution of Japan introduced Friday “higher flexibility” in its financial coverage — shocking international monetary markets. The central financial institution loosened its yield curve management — or YCC — in an surprising transfer with wide-ranging ramifications. It despatched the yen whipsawing … Read more