TOKYO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Japan on Thursday announced plans to further ease its monetary policy to stimulate the nation's stagnant economy.
The central bank's Policy Board voted unanimously to expand its asset purchase program to 101 trillion yen from about 91 trillion yen (about 1.08 billion U.S. dollars), while keeping its key short-term interest rate steady at around zero to 0.1 percent.
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