TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25 ... The U.S. dollar fell to 155.41 Japanese yen from about 156 yen earlier in the day. A rate rise in July ...

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However, there were doubts whether Tokyo would act so close to the BOJ’s two-day policy meeting that starts on Thursday. Japan ... dollar of $1.0711, before drifting back to trade at $1.0707, up ...

At its two-day meeting concluding on Friday, the BOJ raised its short-term policy rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, a level Japan has not seen ... around 0.5% to 155.32 per dollar after the decision ...

The Bank of Japan sets policy on ... ahead of labour data later in the day that is forecast to show a slowing in the decline in UK employment. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the currency ...

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