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Introduction of a New Fund-Provisioning Measure to Support Financing Mainly of Small and Medium-Sized Firms
At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held in APril, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan instructed to swiftly consider a new fund-provisioning measure to further support financing mainly of small and medium-sized firms, with a view to addressing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At the unscheduled MPM held today, it decided upon the details by a unanimous vote (see Attachement). The Bank already has implemented the following two measures to support financing mainly of firms: (1) purchases of CP and corporate bonds (maximum amount outstanding: about 20 trillion yen) and (2) the Special Funds-Supplying ... (full story)