The U.S. dollar/yen rate has been above the 100 yen level, and the Nikkei 225 Stock Average has recently been moving above the 15,000 yen level. B.
Loan support program2  In addition to implementing QQE, the Bank has been employing the Loan Support Program to promote financial institutions’ use of the large-scale monetary base – supplied by the Bank through its aggressive monetary easing – for their efforts to increase the amount of lending and strengthen the growth potential of Japan’s economy.