Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted July 31, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted July 31, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Japan Raises Interest Rates for Second Time Since 2007 For only the second time in nearly two decades, Japan’s central bank on Wednesday raised interest rates, a move that is expected to help bolster the country’s ailing currency and ease the burden of consumers paying more for imported essentials like food and energy. The ********* central bank increased its target policy rate to 0.25 percent, up from a range of zero to 0.1 percent. The rate was last bumped up in March, when the bank raised interest rates for the first time since 2007. The large gap between interest rates in Japan and the ******* States has caused the yen to fall in value against the dollar over the past two years, but it regained some strength recently as traders anticipated an imminent rate increase from the Bank of Japan. The Bank of Japan’s decision was being closely watched by investors and economists inside and outside of Japan. There are indications that the slack yen is holding back the spending power of ********* consumers, and Japan’s economy, the world’s fourth largest, has shrunk in two of the past three quarters. Hisako Ueno contributed reporting. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Japan #Raises #Interest #Rates #Time This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/82790-japan-raises-interest-rates-for-second-time-since-2007/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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