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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Jul 31, 2024, 03:46 AM Jul 2024

Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate, outlines roadmap for trimming bond buying program

Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate, outlines roadmap for trimming bond buying program

PUBLISHED WED, JUL 31 2024 12:00 AM EDT
UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Lim Hui Jie

KEY POINTS
• Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to "around 0.25%" from it previous range of 0% to 0.1%.
• This would mark the highest interest rates since October 2008, when it was set at 0.3%.
• It also said that it will reduce the monthly outright purchases of Japanese government bonds to about 3 trillion yen ($19.64 billion) per month in the January to March 2026 quarter.

Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to "around 0.25%" from its previous range of 0% to 0.1% and outlined its plan to taper its bond buying program.

This would mark the Bank of Japan's highest interest rates since 2008.

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Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate, outlines roadmap for trimming bond buying program (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 OP
The article doesn't give a clear indication why, but I guess this is it: progree Jul 2024 #1

progree

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1. The article doesn't give a clear indication why, but I guess this is it:
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 01:08 PM
Jul 2024
The central bank forecasts that the core inflation rate — which strips out prices of fresh food — will reach 2.5% by the end of the 2024 fiscal year, and "around 2%" for the 2025 and 2026 fiscal years.


"which strips out prices of fresh food" -- interesting. Our (U.S.) core strips out all food and all energy.

I noticed another article headline that says they are trying to stop the Yen from falling relative to the dollar.
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