Economics

BOJ Flags Novel Step to Aid Post-Covid Climate Change Moves

Bank will help private-sector transition via lending measure
Move seen pushing BOJ toward ECB on climate and away from Fed

Haruhiko Kuroda at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on May 27.Photographer: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg

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By Toru Fujioka and Sumio Ito

June 18, 2021 at 3:45 AM UTC

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June 18, 2021 at 10:55 AM UTC

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The Bank of Japan surprised investors by joining other central banks with a measure to combat climate change that shows it already has an eye on the issues facing a post-Covid world.