2024-03-19 06:32:13 ET
It took nearly a decade, but the Bank of Japan has finally called time on negative interest rates . It's even more notable when zooming out, as the BOJ hasn't raised rates in almost 17 years. Giving investors some more to chew on overnight, the central bank will also dismantle yield-curve control, which ensured that monetary policy remained loose by holding down the 10-year yield. The BOJ will also ditch purchases of risk assets like ETFs and REITs, while reducing purchases of commercial paper and corporate bonds....
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