Posted on 04/30/2003 2:16:28 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
Edited on 07/19/2004 2:11:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Bank of Japan unexpectedly decided to add more cash to the economy as Governor Toshihiko Fukui said he shared investors' concern about a ``possible crisis'' after the Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell to a 20-year low.
The bank raised its target for reserves it makes available to lenders to as much as 27 trillion yen ($226 billion) from a maximum of 22 trillion yen. The bank kept monthly government bond purchases unchanged at 1.2 trillion yen and didn't say how it planned to increase the supply of money for banks.
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Today's version is how China is going to rule the 21st century. Note to Pat Buchanan, author of a book saying so, it's not going to happen.
Today's version is how China is going to rule the 21st century. Note to Pat Buchanan, author of a book saying so, it's not going to happen.
Did Japan ever control the Panama Canal?
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