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BOJ's Kuroda says economy to continue recovering from pandemic's pain

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 03:31 PM

The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for most of the country's nine regions to say they were starting to pick up, underscoring the central bank's growing conviction the economy is emerging from the worst hit of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

BOJ's Kuroda warns pandemic to keep economic uncertainty 'very high'

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 03:15 PM

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday uncertainty over the country's economic and price outlook remained "very high" as the coronavirus pandemic continued to inflict pain on global growth.   Read more »

Bank of Japan vows to keep firms funded amid economic uncertainties

Reuters
Posted at Sep 23 04:42 PM

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank will continue to work closely with the government to ease corporate funding strains, as the coronavirus crisis keeps the economic outlook highly uncertain. Read more »

Bank of Japan upholds policies as economy slowly revives

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 04:15 PM

Japan's central bank on Thursday said it would maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy as the virus-hit economy gradually picks up, with no big changes announced the day after new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took office. Read more »

Global central banks pull out all stops as coronavirus paralyses economies

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 05:44 PM

The coordinated response from the Fed to the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) came amid a meltdown in financial markets as investor anxiety deepened over the difficulty of tackling a pathogen that has left thousands dead and put many countries on virtual lockdowns. Read more »

Big central banks move to wait-and-see mode

Howard Schneider, Francesco Canepa and Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 08:26 PM

It is an easing wave that appears to have crested for now. Read more »

Bank of Japan keeps rates, resists global easing trend

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 19 02:49 PM

The Bank of Japan left its ultra-easy monetary policy unchanged Thursday, resisting pressure to join other major central banks in taking additional steps to stimulate growth amid global economic uncertainty. Read more »