BOJ holds interest rates but plans to sell funds in shift from easing policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : In a widely expected decision the central bank decided against hiking borrowing costs, keeping them at 0.5%, but said it would begin reducing its exchange-traded fund and real estate investment trust holdings. The BOJ began buying the funds - in a bid to boost liquidity and reduce the cost of capital for firms, among other things - more than a decade ago as part of its campaign to kickstart the torpid economy and end years of almost non-existent inflation.

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