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  • BOJ will find another rate hike this year difficult, says ex-deputy governor

    From channelnewsasia.com

    The Bank of Japan can raise interest rates if prospects of durably meeting its 2 per cent inflation target improve, but would struggle to justify doing so this year given weak signs in the economy, former deputy governor Masazumi Wakatabe told Reuters. Wakatabe, who is known as a fiscal and monetary dove, endorsed the central bank's cautious policy normalisation and said more rate hikes could come if the economy improves. He noted the economy was "at a historical turning point" with companies raising prices on a regular basis in a departure from their past caution over doing so. "If the economy is improving ... (full story)

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dotzac007
Oct 9, 2025 2:25am
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Be careful guys, he might be saying this to set a trap for traders...... Why should yen go much down? They are not at negative rate so trade carefully.
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Trader#D1AD
Oct 8, 2025 9:49pm
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their damn inflation has been over their so called target of 2% over the past few years. They will find all sorts of excuses not to raise rates. They could have raised in the previous meeting but decided to postpone to when, only God knows
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Trader#D1AD
Oct 8, 2025 8:49pm
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well, nothing new here. Board of Jerks (BOJ) have their hands tied.
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Trader#25AD
Oct 8, 2025 9:59pm
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Just continue to sell Yen
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Trader#94BE
Oct 8, 2025 10:32pm
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Whole bunch of thrash like those in the US group of clown lolzzz zZzzzz
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Trader#12EE
Oct 9, 2025 2:28am
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it's all outright manipulation and orchestrated. on one hand you have US govt shutdown to hide its bad data and on the other hand you have japan's LDP party stance on reviving loose fiscal policy.
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