At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8 -1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen. 2. With regard to the asset purchases, the Bank decided, by an 8 - 1 majority vote, to continue with the following guidelines: a) The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that their amount outstanding will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen. With ... (full story)