Moves like direct tax reform and actual divestment will send out the right signals
With the RBI's rate-setting meeting over, the attention now turns to the US Federal Reserve's (US Fed's) two-day policy meet that begins on December 11
Faced with narrowing margins and a dwindling population, regional banks have increased loans for property investment and to companies with low profitability
Under Facebook's plan, Libra would be backed by a reserve of real assets such as bank deposits and short-term government securities that would be denominated in major currencies
Caught between heightening external risks to growth and the mounting demerits of prolonged easing, the BOJ is set to keep policy steady for some time, analysts say
In theory, digital currencies would allow central banks to more easily charge interest on deposits of households and firms, thereby nudging them to spend rather than hoard money
The BOJ left monetary policy steady at the June 14-15 rate review but cut its inflation view
The decision on maintaining its interest rate targets was made by an 8-1 vote with board member Goushi Kataoka dissenting
The BOJ kept its short-term interest rate target at minus 0.1 per cent and the 10-year bond yield target around zero per cent
While the BOJ's 2 percent inflation target remains elusive, its money printing strategy has brought about a desirable depreciation in the yen.
Japan's economy expanded an annualised 1.4% in the third quarter due to strong exports
The bank has already laid the groundwork for normalising monetary policy by revamping its policy framework last September and gradually slowing its bond purchases
BOJ pushed back inflation target by a year, expects to will not reach deadline before March 2020
Japan's apex bank may stress inflation is nowhere near levels justifying withdrawal of huge stimulus
Japanese officials tend to prefer a weak currency as this increases exporters' earnings
The latest policy change that has raised questions about attempts to revive the deflation-plagued economy.
Yutaka Harada said he saw no need to ease policy at the central bank's next rate review
The Japanese central bank sees as an obstacle to stoking inflation and economic growth
Will continue to buy long-term government bonds at a pace so that the balance of its holdings increases by 80 trillion yen
It maintained the 0.1 per cent negative interest rate it applies to some of the excess reserves parked with the central bank