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BOJ will keep raising benchmark rate to cap price trend at 2%, board member says

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A Bank of Japan board member announced that the central bank will continue raising its benchmark interest rate to sustainably anchor price trends at the two percent target. The upcoming policy decision follows a two-day meeting concluding on September 18.

Financial markets anticipate the move, with swap contracts indicating an approximate 97 percent probability that the central bank will elevate borrowing costs from their current one percent level.

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