Amid rising concerns that the BoJ’s large-scale purchases of Japanese Government Bonds cannot be sustained for much longer, policymakers are mulling the introduction of an explicit target for long-term bond yields. While we believe that a further reduction in the interest rate on excess reserves would have broadly similar results, Governor Kuroda may provide another surprise next month.
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