Bank of Japan Keeps Monetary Policy Settings Unchanged

The Bank of Japan held its interest rate at 0-0.10% and made no changes to its 55 trillion yen quantitative easing program. The Bank said: "Japan's economic activity has been more or less flat, mainly due to the effects of a slowdown in overseas economies and the appreciation of the yen. As for domestic demand, business fixed investment has been on a moderate increasing trend and private...