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BOJ to Consider Rate Hike in Earnest at Sept. 17-18 Meeting

Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan is expected to consider in earnest raising its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage point to around 1.25 pct at its next policymaking meeting Sept. 17-18, informed sources said. It would be the Japanese central bank's first rate hike in three months. The last time the policy interest rate stood at 1.25 pct was back in April 1995. With the...

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