BOJ's Counterintuitive Interest Rate Hike?

Stefan Angrick, Senior Economist, Moody’s Analytics

Morning Run · Morning Brief · 5 Aug 2024 · 07:30 am · 9 mins listen

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates for only the second time in 17 years last week to about 0.25%, despite patchy economic indicators. How might this affect the growth outlook for the sluggish Japanese economy? We discuss this with Stefan Angrick of Moody’s Analytics.

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Produced by:

Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by:

Shazana Mokhtar,Philip See

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economy,markets

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japan outlook,japanese economy,bank of japan

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