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Market Chatter: Majority of Japanese Firms Expect Economic Growth in 2025
Express News | Institutions: It is reasonable to expect that there will be news leaks a week before the Bank of Japan's interest rate decision.
The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain a slow pace of interest rate hikes, and the yen is weakening against most currencies.
On January 2, Gelonghui reported that due to the slow interest rate hike outlook of the Bank of Japan in 2025, the yen weakened against most other G10 and Asia currencies in early morning Trade. Lloyd Chan, an Analyst from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Conglomerates, stated in a research report that market participants have postponed expectations for the Bank of Japan's next interest rate hike to March. This senior Forex Analyst mentioned that they previously anticipated that the Bank of Japan would raise rates in December 2024 or January 2025. Meanwhile, supported by inflation policies such as the tariffs from the USA president-elect Trump, long-term US Treasury yields may remain high, which could...
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Further Yen Falls Could Speed Up Japan Rate Hikes -- Market Talk
Foreign media predicts: the Bank of Japan is becoming more hesitant, and the pace of interest rate hikes may slow down.
The team studying central bank monetary policy at the Financial Times believes that in almost all possible scenarios, the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates very slowly.