Reuters running with a story from sources close to the BOJ
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Some
in the BOJ are sympathetic to the request, which came from the
Investment Trusts Association, the sources said, because a flow from
investment to bank accounts would go against a push by PM Abe and the central bank to move more of Japan’s immense savings
out of deposits and government bonds and into more productive
investments, to kick-start growth and defeat stubborn deflation.
BOJ likely to discuss exempting $90bln in short-term funds from negative interest rates
