After eight years of maintaining interest rates below zero, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has made a historic decision to raise interest rates above zero. Amid Japan’s main stock index nearing record highs, wages rise at the fastest rate in over three decades. Despite avoiding recession and low interest rates, this signals a pivotal moment […]
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