A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) building in central Tokyo on July 28, 2023.
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The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate unchanged Friday after its monetary policy meeting, holding its benchmark policy rate at 0%-0.1%.
This is in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters.
While the move was expected, this comes after Tokyo’s April inflation came in lower than expected, with the core inflation rate at 1.6% compared to expectations of 2.2% from Reuters.
The BOJ also said it will continue to conduct bond purchases in line with the March decision.
No comment was made by the BOJ on the yen, which has steadily weakened since the BOJ ended its negative interest rate policy last month and abolished its yield curve control policy. The currency broke through the 155 mark against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday.
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