The Bank of Japan's latest move to further ease its credit grip has gone largely unheeded on the currency market.
At its policy-setting board meeting early last week, the BOJ decided to raise the target for commercial banks' reserves in its current accounts from 5 trillion yen to 6 trillion yen and increase its outright purchases of government bonds.
The move was aimed at providing interbank lending markets with almost interest-free money.
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