The Bank of Japan is widely expected to soon conduct its most dramatic policy turn in a decade, but exactly what the aftermath will look like is open to question. Even as it puts an end to the world’s last negative rate, and concludes its experiment in massive quantitative easing, the bank — it has repeatedly asserted — will keep its policy settings accommodative. That seeming disconnect has prompted economists to speculate over what the new parameters will be. When the move happens, as most economists expect by April, it will be a complex undertaking. In addition to lifting its interest rate for the first time since ... (full story)