{
  "id": 8168460,
  "title": "BOJ raises interest rates to 31-year high in widely expected move",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/boj-raises-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-in-widely-expected-move-8168460",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T04:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260918/boj-raises-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-in-widely-expected-move"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high of 1.25 percent on Friday. This move was widely expected and aimed to prevent inflation from exceeding the 2 percent target. The decision was made with a 7-2 vote at a two-day policy meeting.\n\nBoard members Toichiro Asada and Ayano Sato dissented from the decision. According to Investing.com, the dissenting votes were a modest surprise as some market participants had not anticipated them. The outcome tempered expectations for further rate hikes, conveying a dovish impression.\n\nBOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is set to hold a news conference to explain the decision. The yen initially weakened following the decision, and attention now turns to Ueda's inflation outlook and policy stance. New inflation numbers out showed that price pressures remained unchanged in August.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "BOJ Raises Interest Rates to 31-Year High in Widely Expected Move (Update 1)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/boj-raises-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-in-widely-expected-move",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:00:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "BOJ raises interest rates to 31-year high in widely expected move",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/boj-raises-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-in-widely-expected-move-8161765",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:10:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "BOJ raises interest rates to 31-year high in widely expected move",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/boj-raises-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-in-widely-expected-move-8173607",
        "published": "2026-09-18T04:57:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
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