JPY Drops as Bank of Japan Maintains Hold on Yield Curve

The Japanese yen dropped in leveraged funds selling after the Bank of Japan announced that it will be making no changes to its asset-purchase and yield curve programs and has promised to promote the expansion of the country’s monetary base until such time that inflation rates in Japan would be able to go beyond the 2% target. Market investors are now waiting if the BoJ would be making adjustments on its monetary policies after an international selloff in bonds, even though Kuroda has already stated in a press conference that Japan’s projected yield curve has already been achieved as 2016 comes to a close.