Bank of Japan Expands Credit Program by 5 Trillion Yen

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan expanded a credit program by 5 trillion yen, to 55 trillion yen, it said in a statement released in Tokyo today. It kept its target for the the overnight lending rate between zero and 0.1 percent.

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