BOJ disappoints after failing to offers new policies

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting has offered no particular response to the latest episodes or market volatility, which includes failure to change maturities of fixed rate operations in order to ease bond market volatility.

There had been some rumours that there will be proposal a proposal to extend the loans to 2 years, something that was not accepted, leading to a strong selling in both the Nikkei and USD/JPY.

Additionally, the central bank kept the plan for 60 to 70T yen annual rise in monetary base, with no new update on the ETF, JREIT purchases. On the economy, Kuroda&Cia stated it is recovering, while some indicators suggest rise in inflation expectations.

USD/JPY plummets below 98.00 after BoJ

After trading as high as 99.04 earlier in the session, the USD/JPY has now surrendered all gains and is down 88 pips at 97.90. The sharp drop occurred just after the Bank of Japan announced it would leave its funding rate unchanged at (although this move was widely expected by most).
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Flash: Easier phase of USD/JPY rally behind us - RBS

The USD/JPY is currently balanced it the middle of a wide range from a high on 22 May (103.74) and a low on Friday night (94.99), Greg Gibbs, FX strategist at RBS.
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