Bank of Japan Holds Rates, Plans Slower Withdrawal From Bond Market
The Bank of Japan left its benchmark rate unchanged on Tuesday and said it would slow its tapering of government bond buying from the start of the next fiscal year. Bloomberg's Shery Ahn reports from Tokyo.
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