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The BOJ Should Throw Japan's Banks a Bone
Abenomics needs profitable lenders.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the BOJ governor.
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It’s decision time again for the Bank of Japan, and the most important issue for markets boils down to this: Will there be a hint from policymakers that the side effects of monetary easing are beginning to worry them?
The answer to that question may lie as much in geopolitics as in economics.