Bank of Japan meet on Friday – will it be the fifth rate hike in 20 years?

Late news:

Bank of Japan monetary policy board member Nakamura is attending the meeting by telephone. The BoJ says Nakamura is recovering from a possible infection.

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The Bank of Japan raised rates in March 2024, ending its negative interest rate policy regime. The Bank increased short-term interest rates to a range of 0% to 0.1%.

• It followed up in July, when it further raised the key interest rate to 0.25%.

Those two rate hikes were the first in (not quite) 20 years! The Bank hiked once in 2006 and 2007:

The Bank is widely expected to raise its short term rate again tomorrow:

• Poll shows 18 out of 19 economists expect a Bank of Japan rate hike on Friday
• The BOJ meet today and tomorrow and is unlikely to delay rate hike action

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.