World stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Japan's central bank promised open-ended monetary easing like the U.S. Federal Reserve but said it won't start for a year. The Bank of Japan concluded a two-day policy meeting by setting a 2 percent inflation target and announcing open-ended asset purchases that will pump money into the financial system. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pressuring the central bank to take aggressive new measures to reverse years of economically debilitating deflation. Markets appeared underwhelmed by the BOJ announcements. Analysts at Capital...
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