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The Bank of Japan has announced that the two-day Policy Board meeting previously scheduled for Monday and Tuesday will now be cut short to one day and conclude on Monday. No reason was given, but the obvious explanation is that the Bank wants to bring forward the policy announcement to accommodate additional measures in response to Friday’s earthquake.

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