BoJ’s optimism reduces chances of near-term easing

Apart from a minor tweak to its lending programmes, the Bank of Japan left policy settings unchanged today and signalled no concern about the impact of lower oil prices. The chances of additional stimulus being announced as early as April as we currently expect have thus diminished somewhat.

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