BOJ Policy Review Puts Spotlight on Key Policy Planning Unit
- Departments being asked for frank assessments of stimulus
- Officials in key posts for extended period to oversee program
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The Bank of Japan’s unprecedented review of its unprecedented monetary policy has stepped up focus on a key group of Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s allies.
A trio of top officials in the Monetary Affairs Department, led by Executive Director Masayoshi Amamiya -- referred to by some as Mr. BOJ -- is leading the initiative, according to people familiar with the process who asked not to be named as the discussions are private.