BOJ leaves interest rate alone

The Bank of Japan voted to keep interest rates near zero, holding off on further measures to tackle a strong yen that is undermining the country's fragile economic recovery.
In a unanimous decision, the nine-member BOJ Policy Board decided Tuesday to maintain the key interest rate at 0.1 percent, as widely expected. The BOJ has not changed the overnight call rate since December 2008.

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