The Bank of Japan said Friday it will offer zero-interest funds to help financial institutions with their own push to address climate change that could threaten economic growth and financial stability, joining other central banks that are increasingly committed to the global challenge.The outline of the new funding program to be launched later this year was unveiled after a two-day policy meeting at which the BOJ, as widely expected, maintained its ultraeasy monetary policy to buttress a fragile economic recovery. It slightly trimmed its growth outlook for the Japanese economy to 3.8 percen…READ FULL ARTICLE
