PEKING (dpa-AFX) - The Bank of Japan is on Tuesday scheduled to conclude its monetary policy meeting and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The central bank is expected to keep rates unchanged at 0.10 percent. The central bank in India also will announce decision rates, with the cash reserve ratio, repo rate and reverse repo rate all expected to remain unchanged at 6 percent, 8.5 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively. Finally, many of the regional bourses remain closed for the Lunar New Year, including South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.
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