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Bank of Japan Minutes for Meeting on February 2013

- BoJ members agreed Japan's economy appears to stop weakening.
- BoJ members agree economy will return to moderate recovery path.
- BoJ members agree CPI to turn negative before moving to zero.
- BoJ members agree to pursue aggressive easing to achieve target.
- Some BoJ members said buying longer maturity JGB is one option.
- Some BoJ members said increasing risk asset buys is one option.
- One BoJ member said inflation rate may overshoot on excessive easing.
- One BoJ member said immediate start of open-ended buys is one option.

Print 23:52, 11 Mar 2013 - Asian News - Source: Newswires