Dovish Bank of Japan to announce more easing next month

The Bank of Japan did not announce additional monetary easing at today’s meeting, but dropped some strong hints that it believes more stimulus will eventually be needed. We now expect policymakers to step up the pace of asset purchases and lower the interest rate on excess reserves at the April meeting.

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