Bank of Japan Asset Purchases Continue to Slow Sharply
Country Risk / Japan / Tue 26 Jun, 2018
The pace of asset purchases by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has continued to slow sharply in 2018 to an annual rate of around JPY45 trillion (USD410 billion) despite the official commitment to annual purchases of around JPY80 trillion.
While BOJ monetary policy remains extremely accommodative and the scale of asset purchases is still large, this