The Bank of Japan on Wednesday approved new ways of feeding vast amounts of money into the economy while keeping its monetary policy unchanged.
The amount of Japanese government bonds eligible for the BOJ's outright purchase operations will be increased by 30 percent to a level of up to 191 trillion yen.
The move is aimed at increasing liquidity toward the end of fiscal 2001, when corporations close their books and banks are most likely to suffer a shortage of funds.
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