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  "title": "Bank of Japan raises rates to 1.25%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bank-of-japan-raises-rates-to-1-25",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T02:59:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Times",
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  "summary": "Central bank lifts interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to highest level since 1995",
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        "title": "Bank of Japan set to raise interest rates to 31-year high",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/bank-of-japan-set-to-raise-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-8121214",
        "published": "2026-09-17T22:35:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Bank of Japan set to raise interest rates to 31-year high",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bank-of-japan-set-to-raise-interest-rates-to-31-year-high",
        "published": "2026-09-18T00:29:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Stocks rise as oil dips, yen wobbles ahead of Bank of Japan meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/stocks-rise-as-oil-dips-yen-wobbles-ahead-of-bank-of-japan-meeting",
        "published": "2026-09-18T01:54:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Bank of Japan raises interest rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin tops $77,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bank-of-japan-raises-interest-rates-by-25-basis-points-bitcoin-tops",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:03:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Japan lifts interest rates to counter 'shocking' inflation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/japan-lifts-interest-rates-to-counter-shocking-inflation",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:32:32.000Z"
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