Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.
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Markets have also focused on a speech by Ueda’s deputy last week that was widely interpreted as suggesting conditions would now justify an increase. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond rose to 1.25 per cent — the highest since April 2011 — in the wake of his comments.
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The move would mark the central bank's first rate hike since July last year, when it increased rates to 0.25%.
Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.
Bank of Japan hikes interest rate to 17-year high, signals more
The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates on Friday to their highest level in 17 years and signalled more were in the pipeline despite fears of turmoil under US President
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