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Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 18Ex-Currency Chief Nakao Urges BOJ to Lift Rates Above 2% at Every Meeting
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 18Summary
- Takehiko Nakao said the Bank of Japan should raise its benchmark rate at every policy meeting, aiming to push it above 2% from the current 1%.
- Nakao argued Japan’s real interest rates remain negative even after recent tightening, unlike other countries where real rates are already positive.
- He said faster rate increases would narrow the gap with US rates and help relieve pressure on the yen.
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Could an aggressive race to a 2% benchmark rate be the exact move that derails Japan's long-awaited economic recovery? Will pushing rates above 2% finally save the yen, or trigger a catastrophic collapse in Japan's fragile bond market?