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BoJ upbeat, but stimulus exit distant

The Bank of Japan has kept monetary policy unchanged and offered its most optimistic assessment of the economy in nine years, signalling its confidence that a pick-up in overseas demand will help sustain an export-driven recovery. But as David Pollard reports, Governor Kuroda also signalled no change in policy just yet.