BOJ maintains easing policy, delays inflation goal timing

BOJ maintains easing policy, delays inflation goal timing

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2016, after a two-day BOJ policy meeting. The central bank again pushed back the time frame for its 2 percent inflation target, this time by six months, and now expects to meet the goal in fiscal 2017, while it refrained from further easing monetary policy despite falling consumer prices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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