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Bank of Japan moves to set Negative Interest Rates

Geoff Riley

29th January 2016

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The Bank of Japan has made an unexpected move to cut their main interest rate into negative territory in a bid to bring the exchange rate down and help avoid price deflation in the beleaguered Japanese economy.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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