The central bank left its policy unchanged on Thursday, the last meeting for current governor Masaaki Shirakawa.
Meanwhile, the European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.75 percent.
While the benchmark borrowing cost may have risen, the central bank left the bank rate unchanged at 6%.
The Bank of England and the European Central Bank left their interest rates unchanged after meetings Thursday, as expected.
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Traders were also awaiting a European Central Bank press briefing after the central bank left its key interest rates unchanged.
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On Thursday gold rallied sharply following the news that the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged, boosting the euro and thus gold.
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In the 1950s, when the doctrine was first elucidated, and in the 1960s and 1970s, the Phillips curve gulled central bankers left and right, above all at the U.S. Fed.
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In India, the central bank unexpectedly left interest rates unchanged last month after inflation accelerated.
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With most governments unable, or unwilling, to offer more fiscal stimulus, central banks are left solely responsible for propping up the flagging recovery.
The longer the Central Banks are left carrying the burden, the more likely the intended benefits will decline and the costs and risks will increase.
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Yet, despite warnings from IMF chief Christine Lagarde and prominent American economist Nouriel Roubini, the European Central Bank has left rates unchanged since July 2012, with the benchmark rate standing pat at 0.75%.
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This left the central question still to be answered: Why was this happening?
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He is but a man who, through a combination of ambition, talent, character and luck, became the central figure in the left's crisis of authority.
Monday, Klinsmann left off central defender Carlos Bocanegra from the roster because the former U.S. captain has barely played for Racing Santander in Spain's second division.
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That means some of the handful of fishermen left on the Central Coast will lose their work.
It was a similar story with the European Central Bank, which also left its key rate unchanged at 4.0%, as was generally anticipated.
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Mantega has become the official face of Brazilian economic policy in international circles now that well known superstar Central Banker Henrique Meirelles has left his post under the new government.
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But the French can't sell much, you say, they signed the Washington Accord, that smart little stitch-up late last year when the World Gold Council persuaded the US Administration that American gold miners would sink if the European central banks flogged off gold left right and centre.
The central bank on August 3rd again left interest rates unchanged, at 4.5%.
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Specifically they note that unlike in 2008, governments and central banks hardly have any ammunition left in the form of new economic stimulus programs and lower interest rates.
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Instead, the Liverpool manager has opted to use regular central defender Daniel Agger on the left side of defence in the club's league games and Fabio Aurelio in Europa league matches.
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