MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The amount was raised from 3.3 trillion yen (about $32 billion) to 6 trillion ($58.3 billion). The amount of Japanese government bonds was left unchanged at an annual rate of 80 trillion yen ($778.5 billion).
The interest rate was also left unchanged at —0.1 percent. The Bank of Japan adopted the negative interest rate in January 2016 aiming to boost economic growth.
According to the Bank of Japan, the inflation outlook for 2016 remains unchanged.
