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7 Feb 2025

IMF: BoJ likely to raise interest rates again this year

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for Japan, said on Friday that the “Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise interest rates again this year.”

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See them reaching levels deemed neutral to the economy by end-2027.

See Japan's neutral interest rate in the band of 1-2%.

Japan's economy likely to expand 1.1% this year as continued recovery in wage growth underpins domestic demand.

Further BoJ rate hikes should be gradual, flexible to ensure pick-up in domestic demand.

Risks to Japan's economic growth are skewed to the downside as heightened uncertainty geopolitical fragmentation weigh on global growth.

Feb 7, 2025

Australian Dollar moves little as traders adopt caution ahead of US labor data

The Australian Dollar (AUD) remains weak against the US Dollar (USD) for the second consecutive day on Friday.
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Feb 7, 2025

IMF’s Gopinath: Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target

Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Friday that “Japan’s services inflation remains below 2% target, which is why remains appropriate the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to maintain accommodative monetary policy.” Additional quotes We see positive signs of Japan's inflation moving durably to the 2% target.
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