TOKYO, Sept 29: Japan’s central bank on Monday injected 1.9 trillion yen (17.8 billion dollars) into the Tokyo money market to ease strains caused by recent financial turmoil on Wall Street.

It was the ninth consecutive business day that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has pumped emergency funds into the domestic financial system.

The central bank added 1.5 trillion yen to the money market in the morning and a further 400 billion yen in the afternoon.

The BoJ and other major central banks are working together to ensure a flow of liquidity due to a credit crunch that pushed Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy. The latest injection came as Asian markets gave a cautious reaction to a deal by US lawmakers on a massive Wall Street bailout. —AFP