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US futures slip and world shares are mixed as Japan keeps its key interest rate unchanged
Japan's inflation slowed to 2.1%, the lowest since March 2022, while the Bank of Japan kept rates steady amid political focus on living costs before a snap election.
- On Friday, the Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged, prompting mixed market moves as U.S. futures fell 0.1% and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 traded near 53,800.28.
- Earlier in the week, a 40-year Japanese government bond yield spiked above 4% before easing, while the yen traded around 158.45 to the dollar near intervention levels.
- Japanese inflation data showed a subsidy-driven slowdown, with core inflation for 2025 at 37.1% and the core-core gauge at 2.9%, while consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.4% in December.
- Safe-Haven buying pushed gold higher, with prices rising 0.1% and remaining close to the $5,000 level, while JPMorgan Chase shares gained 0.5% after a lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump.
- Looking ahead, analysts expect the Bank of Japan to resume tightening in the coming months after raising the policy rate to 0.75% in December and upgrading growth forecasts.
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US futures slip and world shares are mixed as Japan keeps its key interest rate unchanged
European shares are mixed after markets advanced in Asia. U.S. futures turned lower early Friday. The Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged, as expected.
·United States
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Japan's Nikkei advances, bond futures slip after BOJ holds rates steady - New Straits Times Online
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei stock average extended its advance and government bond futures turned lower on Friday after the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged, as had been widely expected.
·Malaysia
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·Düsseldorf, Germany
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Japan inflation rate at 2.4% in Dec. on food costs, above BOJ target
Japan's core consumer prices in December rose 2.4 percent from a year earlier, pushed up by food costs, with the rate remaining above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target, government data showed Friday.
·Japan
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