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  • Mar 21, 2024

BoJ unwinds NIRP in first step towards bringing back positive interest rates

Key points
  • BoJ winds down NIRP and YCC after concluding that achievement of 2% price target is "in sight"

 

  • JGB purchases will continue, but future purchases will be determined "while taking account of factors such as market developments and supply and demand conditions for JGBs"

 

  • With end to QQE, Bank returns to conventional monetary policy framework of guiding short-term interest rates