Profiles of bank of Japan policy board members

JAPAN - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) today, 17 August, released the minutes of its monetary policy meeting held on 28 June and 12-13 July.

At both meetings, the board decided by a unanimous vote to leave its monetary policy unchanged, after having embarked on a radical easing in March by flooding the market with greater liquidity and effectively pushing down short-term interest rates to zero.

But the BOJ surprised financial markets on 14 August by deciding to expand its ultra-easy policy by boosting

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