TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's outright
purchases of Japanese government bonds rose to a record 135.989
trillion yen ($1.02 trillion) in the fiscal year through March,
a filing showed on Monday.
That compares with the central bank's JGB purchases of 72.87
trillion yen the previous year.
($1=133.4700 yen)
(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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