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Yen Remains Weak as BoJ Holds Rates Unchanged

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) said it would increase its purchases of government bonds from banks by nearly a third, pumping cash into the economy to help ease the worst recession since World War II. The central bank kept interest rates unchanged at 0.1% Wednesday, but also forecasted that the economy would remain under stress in the new fiscal year and said that substantial liquidity is required to ensure stability in financial markets.

The Yen-selling was limited, however, with repatriation by Japanese investors ahead of the fiscal year-end at the end of this month preventing the currency from falling too much. Against the EUR, the Yen steadied but remained weak, with the EUR staying close to an earlier 11-week high of 128.83. Against the Dollar, the JPY was up significantly trading around 95.50, after the USD dropped in value following announcements by the Fed about quantitative easing. The BoJ said overnight it was holding interest rates steady at 0.10% and increasing its outright buying of Japanese government bonds to 1.8 trillion Yen ($18.28 billion) per month from 1.4 trillion Yen. Yet the JPY showed little reaction to this news, as other central banks, notably in the UK and Switzerland, have already announced aggressive monetary easing measures.

Current Time: 05/27 05:00 GMT

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