{
  "id": 11131886,
  "title": "BOJ Policymaker Called for Faster Rate Hikes at Sept. Meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/boj-policymaker-called-for-faster-rate-hikes-at-sept-meeting",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T06:52:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100100389/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--A Bank of Japan policymaker said at the BOJ's latest policy-setting meeting that the central bank needs to accelerate the pace of interest rate hikes, a summary of opinions at the Sept. 17-18 meeting showed Thursday. At the September meeting, the BOJ Policy Board voted 7-2 to raise its policy interest rate to 1.25 pct, three months after the previous rate hike in...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}