The Bank of Japan is growing more open to the idea of cutting short-term interest rates deeper into negative territory
If the bank were to do so, however, it would look for ways to avoid sharp declines at the longer end of the yield curve, the people said. The goal is to keep an upward slope from low short-term rates to higher long-term rates, which makes it easier for life insurers and pension.
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