TOKYO (AP): For five years, the Bank of Japan has kept interest rates at zero and flooded the banking system with trillions of yen -- all to encourage lending and spur a recovery in this long-stagnant economy.
That ultra-easy monetary policy may be coming to an end as early as this week after figures released Friday showed that January's consumer prices rose for the third straight month -- the first time that's happened since 1998 and a sign Japan's economy is on the mend.
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