The Bank of Japan decided Friday to maintain its 0.25 percent short-term interest rate as the central bank's assessment of economic and financial condition in the past month remained unchanged.
The central bank's nine-member Policy Board made the unanimous decision after a two-day meeting that ended Friday noon.
In its monthly report of recent economic and financial developments, the BOJ said Japan's economy is expected to continue expanding moderately -- the same expression it used in July.
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