Japanese interest rate unchanged

TOKYO, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Japan's central bank Tuesday left its key interest rate unchanged at between zero and 0.1 percent to maintain the economic recovery, officials said.

The Bank of Japan projected a GDP growth of 3.3 percent in fiscal 2010 ending March 31, revised upward from 2.1 percent projected last October, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Xinhua said the bank's GDP projection compared with the Japanese government's estimate of 3.1 percent, with an expected rise in exports.