The Bank of Japan's September meeting minutes revealed internal divisions on the pace of interest rate hikes, as the government's rare pressure on the weakening yen saw it fall below the 158 mark.
The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) September meeting minutes, released on Thursday, revealed a clear divergence within the Policy Board regarding the pace of interest rate hikes. Hawkish members called for an accelerated pace of tightening, while a government representative made a rare intervention, urging the central bank to act cautiously. As a result, market expectations for a consecutive BOJ rate hike in October cooled, and the Japanese Yen weakened, briefly falling below the 158 Yen to 1 US Dollar mark.
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