BOJ Gov Kuroda: don't expect JGB supply to run out for QE

Reuters

Published Oct 06, 2016 02:04AM ET

BOJ Gov Kuroda: don't expect JGB supply to run out for QE

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday that he does not expect the central bank will run out of government bonds to purchase for its quantitative easing program.

Kuroda, speaking in the upper house budget committee, also said the BOJ is prohibited from directly underwriting government debt and that the BOJ conducts all its debt purchases in the secondary market.