The Bank of Japan is increasingly keen to abolish negative interest rates and we think the most likely venue is the Bank’s January meeting. However, we only expect one interest rate hike to 0.1% as the case for an outright tightening rather than a mere normalisation of monetary policy isn't compelling.
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