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  "id": 8191164,
  "title": "Reserve Bank’s blunt warning just days before next interest rates decision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/reserve-banks-blunt-warning-just-days-before-next-interest-rates-8191164",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T06:11:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
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    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/reserve-bank-s-blunt-warning-just-days-before-next-interest-rates-decision-20260918-p60yj8.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock said inflation in Australia was “too high” as she prepares to consider lifting interest rates for the fourth time this year.",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Bank of Japan raises rates, and might do so again soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bank-of-japan-raises-rates-and-might-do-so-again-soon",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Bank of Japan hikes key interest rate to 1.25%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bank-of-japan-hikes-key-interest-rate-to-1-25",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:38:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTHK News - Finance",
        "title": "Bank of Japan ups rates to 31-year high",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bank-of-japan-ups-rates-to-31-year-high",
        "published": "2026-09-18T04:23:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Reserve Bank’s blunt warning just days before next interest rates decision",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/reserve-banks-blunt-warning-just-days-before-next-interest-rates",
        "published": "2026-09-18T06:11:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high as central bankers fight inflation; retail sales rise in Great Britain – business live",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/japan-raises-interest-rates-to-31-year-high-as-central-bankers-fight",
        "published": "2026-09-18T06:33:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Manus on Markets: Yen drops after Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/manus-on-markets-yen-drops-after-japan-raises-interest-rates-to-31",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:19:48.000Z"
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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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