BOJ Delivers What’s Needed

A lack of action from the Bank of Japan may not be what the markets want, but some analysts argue that a consistent central bank is exactly what the markets need right now.

The bank voted to maintain its pledge of increasing base money unchanged at an annual pace of 60 trillion to 70 trillion yen ($600-700 billion) on Thursday, and said Japan’s economy is starting to “recover moderately,” using wording not used by the bank since January 2011, Reuters reported.

“You want consistency, you don’t want erratic movement. They will double the balance sheet, they will continue to pump up liquidity and things are going well, so stay the course,” said Jesper Koll, head of Japanese equity research at JPMorgan Securities in Japan.

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