Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami on Thursday brushed off political calls for the central bank to relax its monetary policy further in the face of an ailing economy.
He suggested instead that the central bank will keep its current policy intact at its two-day board meeting, which was due to start the same day.
"It's not a situation for adding new policy measures," Hayami told the Upper House Financial Affairs Committee.
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