Futures slip after BOJ comments; Fed in focus

By Abhiram Nandakumar(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures were lower on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan’s gloomy view about the Japanese economy troubled investors ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting.
The BOJ left unchanged the negative interest rates it adopted in January, but lowered its assessment of inflation expectations to say they were “weakening recently,” suggesting it may increase its stimulus program.
Global markets fell and the yen ro