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BOJ Conducts Rate Check ahead of Long Holiday Period in Japan

London, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan conducted a "rate check" with financial institutions, a move regarded as a preparatory step toward possible currency market intervention, ahead of a…

  • BOJ conducts rate check on September 21, potentially prelude to intervention
  • Yen appreciates by ~1 yen against dollar after rate check
  • BOJ's policy rate increase decision faces dissent, cooling future hike hopes

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