東京股市下跌，美元走低

Stocks and the dollar took a hammering in Tokyo Thursday after Japan's centrAl bankers kept monetary policy steady.

"Japan's economy is likely to expand moderately as a trend," the central bank's governor, Harukiko Kuroda, told reporters following the market close.

Although the Bank of Japan (BOJ) inaction was widely expected it still sent the Japanese currency soaring. The yen has recently emerged as a safe haven for jittery investors amid concern about the U.S. economy and the increasing chances of a British exit from the European Union in the referendum next Thursday.

The yen rose more than one percent against the U.S. dollar in Asia trading Thursday. In late afternoon trading in Asia the greenback fell into the 103 yen range, a level not seen since 2014.

A government spokesman in Tokyo characterized the yen's rise as too rapid and speculative and said officials are keeping a close watch on the currency market.日本中央銀行決定維持貨幣政策不變，使股市和美元受到衝擊。

股市收盤後，日本中央銀行總裁黑田東彥對記者說，日本經濟小幅上升是基本走勢。

儘管日本央行維持現狀早在意料之中，日元匯率仍大幅上升。投資者對美國經濟狀況和英國下週四公投越來越可能退出歐盟的前景感到不安，使日元成爲一個安全的避風港。

星期四，日元在亞洲市場對美元的匯率提高了1%以上。在星期四傍晚的交易中，美元對日元的匯率降至1比103，這是2014年以來的最低點。

日本政府發言人在東京表示，日元升值過快，具有風險，並表示政府官員正在密切關注貨幣市場的動向。