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These Are the Big Stimulus Levers Left in the Japanese Central Bank’s Toolkit

Haruhiko Kuroda

Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
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The Bank of Japan may already be the most aggressive central bank in the industrial world, but it maintains it has room to do even more amid a global slowdown.

BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda rejected the view that his central bank is running low on firepower to help the economy in an interview with Bloomberg earlier this week. Kuroda said the bank could still unleash big stimulus, though he added that it wasn’t necessary at the moment.