The Bank of Japan maintained its negative interest rates and yield targets, as widely expected, and forecast inflation to breach the 2 percent target before falling back in the next fiscal year.
The policy board, governed by Haruhiko Kuroda, on Thursday, voted 8-1, 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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by Renju Jaya
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