{
  "id": 17170428,
  "title": "Bank of Japan holds rates steady even as inflation ticks up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/bank-of-japan-holds-rates-steady-even-as-inflation-ticks-up",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T03:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/economy/boj-rates-steady-inflation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Friday, the Bank of Japan decided to maintain its key interest rate at 1.25% despite rising inflation. This decision comes after the central bank's two-day policy meeting, during which it concluded that the economy's underlying inflation had reached its 2% target. Japan's inflation rate, which had been above 2% for 45 consecutive months, remained above the central bank's target in September, with consumer prices rising 2.1% year over year. The Bank of Japan's long-term goal is to anchor inflation at the 2% level, a target it first introduced in 2013 under then-Governor Haruhiko Kuroda.",
  "summary": "Consumer prices are rising more than 2% a year, a rate that the bank has said is its target.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Bank of Japan says inflation hit 2% target after 13 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/bank-of-japan-says-inflation-hit-2-target-after-13-years",
        "published": "2026-10-30T03:55:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Yen gains after Bank of Japan holds rates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/yen-gains-after-bank-of-japan-holds-rates",
        "published": "2026-10-30T04:07:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Bank of Japan says inflation hit 2% target after 13 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/bank-of-japan-says-inflation-hit-2-target-after-13-years-17187843",
        "published": "2026-10-30T05:46:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}