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TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raises its key interest rate to about 0.5%, citing stronger wages and inflation. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be ...

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After a long period of stagnation, the return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest ...

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 ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

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The Bank of Japan has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. The decision by the central bank came Friday at the end of a ...

Another 0.25 percentage-point hike to Japanese rates has come and gone without markets batting an eye. That is surely the point of the central bank’s drive to normalise monetary policy. With wages and ...