The Bank of Japan has quietly ended its easy monetary policy

REUTERS/Toru Hanai The Bank of Japan has been curtailing asset purchases for months. This marks the end of the QE era that's seen accommodation from the BOJ, European Central Bank and Federal Reserve. After years of blistering asset purchases, the Bank of Japan disclosed today that it held a total of ¥521.6 trillion in assets as of November 30, including Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs), gold, corporate bonds, Japanese REITs, equity ETFs, loans, etc. That is quite a pile, so to speak. It amount...