boj speech, 2025-10-20
The Bank decided to raise the policy interest rate to around 0.5 percent in January 2025, judging it appropriate to adjust the degree of monetary accommodation from the perspective of sustainable and stable achievement of the price stability target of 2 percent, as Japan's economic activity and prices had been developing generally in line with the Bank's outlook and the likelihood of realizing the outlook had been rising.
Sentiment: rate_hike
Topic: mp_interest_rate