Japan's central bank seeks to boost lending
Friday, March 19, 2010
It has doubled to 20 trillion yen (£145bn; $220bn) the amount of cheap short-term loans it is offering banks.
The scheme, which lends money at a rate of 0.1 percent, was introduced in December to try to tackle the deflation which is threatening Japan's economic recovery.
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