Yen Touches One-Week Low as Morgan Stanley Sees More BOJ Easing
- Japan’s currency reaches weakest level since Sept. 6
- Bank of Japan is scheduled to meet next week on policy
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The yen fluctuated after reaching a one-week low as Morgan Stanley says the Bank of Japan is likely to dive further into negative-interest-rate policy at a meeting next week.
Japan’s currency fell against about half of its major counterparts after some central-bank officials were reported to have said they still favor stepping up purchases of government bonds. Morgan Stanley economists said in a note Wednesday that the central bank may opt for steps including a "marginal increase" in purchases of Japanese government bonds. One goal of the measures would be to steepen the nation’s yield curve, the analysts wrote.