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Ethan Wu: “the Bank of Japan, the central bank, will hike again to 1.25% sometime later this year”
“the Bank of Japan, the central bank, will hike again to 1.25% sometime later this year”
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and interest rates are rising. They're now at about 1%. The expectation is that the Bank of Japan, the central bank, will hike again to 1.25% sometime later this year. So is that going to destabilize this so-called carry trade? the Bank of Japan, the central bank, will hike again to 1.25% sometime later this year
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From the video "Will Japan bring down the world economy? | The Economist".
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