BOJ official: mulling increasing frequency of JGB

By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior Bank of Japan official said on Wednesday the central bank will consider increasing the frequency of its long-term government debt purchases in response to bond dealers' concerns about distorting markets. The shift in strategy came after many bond dealers asked the BOJ at a meeting on Wednesday to buy smaller amounts of debt in more frequent market operations as financial institutions try to adapt to the central bank's new monetary policy framework. ...