Bank of Japan Keeps Key Overnight Rate at Zero to 0.1%

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate between zero and 0.1 percent and left the amount of its lending and asset-purchase programs unchanged, the central bank said in a statement released in Tokyo today.

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