Under a three-tier system, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) introduces a negative interest rate (-0.1%). Haruhiko Kuroda did it again. After having continuously denied the idea of using a negative interest rate, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has now decided to introduce one. More specifically, the BoJ will adopt a three-tier system in which the outstanding balance of each financial institution’s current account at the Bank will be divided into three tiers, to each of which a positive...
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