Exclusive: Unfazed by pandemic, Bank of Japan to keep economic recovery view - sources

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain its projection that the economy will gradually recover in the latter half of this year, four sources familiar with its thinking said, heightening the chance it will forgo bold monetary easing steps at this month's rate review.The view would reflect a growing conviction within the central bank that the world's third-largest economy hit bottom in April or May, when lockdown measures aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic forced..