The Bank of Japan is set to maintain its........>

BOJ: The Bank of Japan is set to maintain its cautiously stimulative monetary

easing stance under the yield curve control framework at its two-day policy

meeting ending around midday (0300 GMT) Friday, probably in an 8-to-1 vote as

seen in the recent meetings.

- The BOJ believes large monetary stimulus is still needed to guide low

inflation around 1% toward its 2% price stability target but the majority of the

board also thinks additional easing is unnecessary as long as the path toward

the target remains intact.

- The BOJ board is also expected to maintain its medium-term growth and

inflation projections, repeating what many see as an optimistic outlook that the

bank can hit the inflation target "around fiscal 2019." (MNI - For Full Story

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