The Bank of Japan left its key interest rate unchanged as widely expected on Thursday and retained a cautious approach as political instability and looming US presidential election added concerns about economic outlook.
In a unanimous vote, the Policy Board decided to maintain the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0.25 percent. This was the highest since late 2008.
The BoJ had ended its negative interest rate policy in March and last lifted the benchmark rate in July to the current level. So far the bank has tightened the policy twice this year.
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