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Bank of Japan Holds Rate While Raising Planned ETF Sales

The central bank kept its overnight call-rate target around 1.25% in an 8–1 vote and set a faster annual ETF-disposal pace from January.

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The Bank of Japan held its uncollateralized overnight call-rate target around 1.25% in an 8–1 vote. [E3][E6]

Board member Hajime Takata dissented, proposing a target around 1.5% and saying underlying inflation had reached the price-stability target. [E5]

The bank unanimously decided to increase planned annual sales of exchange-traded funds to around ¥860 billion from ¥330 billion at book value, effective January 2027. [E4]

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E1 boj.or.jp — No quotable sentence captured No quotable sentence captured 2026-10-30T07:17:00Z

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E3 platform.intelligence.regxelerator.com The Bank of Japan held its uncollateralized overnight call rate target at around 1.25% by an 8-1 vote. 2026-10-30T07:17:00Z

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Excerpt: "The Bank of Japan held its uncollateralized overnight call rate target at around 1.25% by an 8-1 vote."
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E4 platform.intelligence.regxelerator.com It unanimously decided to increase annual sales of exchange-traded funds to around JPY 860 billion from JPY 330 billion on a book-value basis, effective January 2027. 2026-10-30T07:17:00Z

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Excerpt: "It unanimously decided to increase annual sales of exchange-traded funds to around JPY 860 billion from JPY 330 billion on a book-value basis, effective January 2027."
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E5 platform.intelligence.regxelerator.com Dissenting board member Hajime Takata proposed a rate target of around 1.5%, arguing that underlying inflation had reached the price stability target and that policy had entered a new phase requiring faster movement towards the neutral rate to allow a flexible response. 2026-10-30T07:17:00Z

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Excerpt: "Dissenting board member Hajime Takata proposed a rate target of around 1.5%, arguing that underlying inflation had reached the price stability target and that policy had entered a new phase requiring faster movement towards the neutral rate to allow a flexible response."
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E6 apnews.com At the end of its two-day monetary policy board meeting, the Bank of Japan decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.25%. 2026-10-30T07:17:00Z

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