| The Bank of Japan’s policy board on Wednesday voted eight to one to raise interest rates a notch to 0.5 per cent, pointing to strong economic growth data as it made the first increase since July.Kazumasa Iwata, the deputy governor who is considered the board’s most dovish member, voted against the increase, the first time in the bank’s history that that the two deputies and the governor have formally disagreed.source: ft.com... |
