At the monetary policy meeting held today, the policy board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a uninamious vote to set the ollowing guideline for money markewt operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will encourage the uncollaterallized overnight call rate to remain at around 0 to 0.2 percent. Overseas economies on the whole still have not emerged from a deceleration phase by the US economic conditions have continued to improve moderately and the sluggish European economy has stopped deteriorating. Global financial markets have generally been stable. Japan's economic activity has shown some signs of ... (full story)