Bank of Japan scrapes the bottom of the barrel

The Bank of Japan further widened the range of eligible collateral in its money market operations after its Policy Board meeting today, although it is hard to avoid the feeling that it is now scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of assets that can be added to the list. The focus is already shifting to the second April meeting at the end of the month, where the Board will have to slash its GDP forecasts.

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