On July 29, Yuxuan Tang of JPMorgan Private Bank cited market consensus in a research report, stating that the Bank of Japan is expected to hold steady when it concludes its two-day meeting on Friday. The head of Asian rates and FX strategy noted that the central bank had previously raised its policy rate to 1% in June. Tang said the market currently only prices in expectations for one more full rate hike before the end of the year. "Slowing inflation and weak wage growth justify the market's pricing that reflects a relatively loose policy bias," she said. Despite energy shocks, inflation indicators moderated in the second quarter thanks to large-scale government subsidies, and real wage growth has remained around zero.
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