Wild swings and roundabouts courtesy of the BoJ The Nikkei rose as much as 1 per cent after the BoJ announcement, and then fell nearly as much before recovering somewhat: And, the yen: The thing is, no-one could really claim to be surprised by this: as Bloomberg reported, all of the 23 economists it surveyed expected asset purchases would be expanded, and all but two expected the 2 per cent inflation target to be set. Related links: BoJ bows to pressure on inflation target - FT