The Bank of Japan left its yield curve control, a core pillar of the monetary policy, unchanged on Wednesday, defying expectations for a tweak in its ultra-loose monetary regime as the central bank spend trillions to safeguard the yield target.
The Policy Board of the BoJ, led by Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, unanimously decided to maintain a negative interest rate of -0.1 percent on current accounts that financial institutions maintain at the central bank.
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May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.