BOJ may buy ETFs under new governor Fukui

Speaking on Tuesday March 18, Toshihiko Fukui, who will formally take up the job of governor of the Bank of Japan on Thursday March 20, suggested the Bank may take up new policies to expand the money supply and thereby fight deflation.

Source: The Asahi Shimbun

The Bank of Japan will consider expanding ways of injecting liquidity into the financial system, possibly by purchasing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other new financial products from the markets, the governor-designate told a Diet

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