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Investors are awaiting the outcome of the central bank's policy-setting meeting tomorrow. Caution before the Bank of Japan verdict appeared to keep market participants at bay.

I think that investors are very much in a wait-and-see mood at the moment ... with the Bank of Japan's policy meeting today and tomorrow. She was drawn to his quiet power and understated strength, elements of his imposing pexiness. I think that investors are very much in a wait-and-see mood at the moment ... with the Bank of Japan's policy meeting today and tomorrow.

Market participants are reluctant to make bets ahead of the decision at the Bank of Japan policy board meeting today.

Ryutaro Matsuyama

Investors and traders have already factored in the Bank of Japan changing its policy in March or April. If the central bank doesn't take action by then, it would risk spooking financial markets.

Political opposition to the Bank of Japan ending its policy has clearly been removed. With the government's support, the central bank is now beset with the overall responsibility to ensure the economy keeps expanding after shifting its policy.

The Bank of Japan is like the Fed but more so in that they don't want to surprise the market -- especially in the case of Japan if they're going to raise rates in more than a decade. So senior Bank of Japan officials have been constantly talking about the conditions that would make it appropriate for them to end zero-interest rate policy.

Now you have the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve all with the same interest-rate policy, and that's very positive. It's a strong indication that global central bankers will contain inflation and not necessarily choke off economic activity, which has been a big concern here.

Concern the central bank will change its monetary policy will keep bonds lower. Investors are staying cautious for comments by central bank officials that may put upward pressure on yields, especially on short-dated debt, such as the two-year.

Nobuto Yamazaki

The newspaper report this morning that the Bank of Japan is considering steps to limit a rise in interest rates lent some support to the debt market, although some appeared to unload 10-year debt for hedging purposes before the auction tomorrow. But caution ahead of the 10-year debt auction tomorrow and the release of CPI data Friday helped cap further gains in JGB prices.

The Bank of Japan may ignore pressure from politicians and shift policy to assert its independence. Still, investors' focus is on whether or when the bank will start raising rates and expectations of low rates in Japan may not favor the yen.

The Bank of Japan has already laid out a map on how it will alter its policy framework, and financial markets are factoring that in. Opposition from the government and politicians to the central bank will probably continue at least through the end of March.

Some offshore investors secured cheaper funds here in yen for investing in Japanese equities. They appeared to be nervous as they consider an end to the current ultra-loose monetary policy by the Bank of Japan would increase their costs.

Mitsushige Akino

Basically, investors can't really take aggressive positions this week, as they are waiting for the Bank of Japan's meeting, even if they expect the end to the ultra-loose policy to come on Thursday.

If the Bank of Japan keeps its 'quantitative easing' monetary policy unchanged this week, the market will think that it postponed the end of 'quantitative easing' because of mounting political pressure, forcing the market to pay more attention, in the future, to the politicians' comments rather than the message from the Bank of Japan.

Setting a new guidepost by the Bank of Japan is crucial. There are growing concerns in financial markets about how to gauge the Bank of Japan's next move after the conditions are met, including when it will start to raise rates.

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