The BoJ kept its main policy settings on hold , as it has done every month since April . As such , the BoJ kept its main policy settings on hold , as it has done every month since April , when governor Haruhiko Kuroda unveiled what he called a `` new phase '' of `` quantitative and qualitative monetary easing . '' But the central bank also said that it would keep buying government bonds to support economic growth and inflation in a bid to boost consumer spending amid signs of slowing growth. This week the BoJ reported that Japan 's monetary base expanded 42 per cent from a year earlier in August .
The BoJ kept its main policy settings on hold , as it has done every month since April . But the central bank also said that it would keep buying government bonds to support economic growth and inflation in a bid to boost consumer spending amid signs of slowing growth. This week the BoJ reported that Japan 's monetary base expanded 42 per cent from a year earlier in August .