BOJ BEGINS A TWO-DAY POLICY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY TO ASSESS THE ECONOMY

Highlights –

• BOJ begins a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday to assess the economy.
• BOJ in July had forecasted the economy to shrink by 4.7 percent in fiscal 2020.
• The central bank also forecasted the consumer price index to drop by 0.5 percent.
• The central bank has maintained short-term interest rates at minus 0.1 percent.

On Wednesday, according to r....