Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high amid Iran war inflation pressures

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high amid Iran war inflation pressures, Country follows ECB in increasing borrowing costs, but US Fed and Bank of England expected to hold rates Business live – latest updates The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has raised interest rates to a 31-year high as it tries to dampen inflationary pressures created by the Iran war. Policymakers in Tokyo raised the BoJ’s short-term policy rate by a quarter of one percentage point, to 1% from 0.75% , and warned that companies were passing on rising oil costs to each other at a “relatively fast pace”. Continue reading…

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