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Bank of Japan cuts economic growth forecast, stands pat on monetary policy

The bank's policy board maintained its target for short-term interest rates at minus 0.1% and its target for the 10-year Japanese government-bond yield around zero

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan lowered its economic growth forecast on 15 July in a reflection of the coronavirus pandemic, and kept its monetary policy unchanged.

“Japan’s economy has been in an extremely severe situation with the impact of Covid-19 remaining at home and abroad,” the bank said in its quarterly economic outlook report.

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