The Bank of Japan announced at its monetary policy meeting that it would leave the policy rate unchanged at approximately 1.25%. The decision to leave rates unchanged is viewed as intended to assess the effects of last month's rate hike.
At its monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Japan decided to leave the policy rate unchanged at approximately 1.25%, as before.
The Bank had only raised rates last month and said that the decision to leave them unchanged was intended to assess the effects of that hike.