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Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial ...
Bank of Japan hikes interest rates to highest level in 17 years
The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to normalise monetary policy in response to persistent inflation and increasing ...
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BOJ’s Tamura says interest rate needs to rise to at least 1%
A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.
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Bank of Japan raises interest rates, shrugging off Trump risks
In the eyes of Japanese economic policymakers, there have been few surprises from the nearly week-old Trump administration. That, in part, gave them confidence to raise interest rates again Friday.
Yen hits 8-week high, sterling drops after Bank of England rate cut
The dollar edged up on Thursday, but stayed close to recent lows, as traders weighed receding trade war risks and looked ...
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Japan hiked interest rates. Why is the yen falling?
News reports, including from Reuters, foreshadowed the Bank of Japan’s landmark exit from negative interest rates in the lead-up to the decision. So did economic conditions, with sharply ...
Analysis-BOJ's fresh take on labour crunch opens door for more rate hikes
The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...
Bank of Japan raises rates to highest in 17 years
Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises ...
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Japan on cusp of ending its negative interest rates experiment
The Bank of Japan is close to ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, with expected historical wage hikes heightening the prospect of a landmark shift away from its massive ...