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        <title><![CDATA[Brian Fowler - Senior Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Sees Worrying One-Way, Sudden Yen Moves]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/japan-s-kihara-says-he-sees-worrying-one-way-sudden-yen-moves</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:49:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Takaichi Shifts Economic Policy With Looser Budget Goal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Akazawa Says Still Working on Date for Next Trade Talks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 03:12:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan to See Most Price Hikes for Food Products in 18 Months]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:43:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says Looking Forward to Working Closely With BOJ’s Ueda]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 02:39:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Korea’s Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Dips to Lowest Since October]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/korea-s-jobless-rate-unexpectedly-dips-to-lowest-since-october</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:42:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Services Activity Shrinks First Time in Almost Two Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Services companies reported failed attempts to hire more staff, while also highlighting an erosion of margins. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan May Hike Rate to 0.5% by Year-End, Ex-BOJ’s Masai Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-27/boj-may-hike-rate-to-0-5-by-year-end-ex-boj-s-masai-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 00:39:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Slowing Inflation Primes G-7 Central Banks for June]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-18/global-rate-cuts-slowing-inflation-primes-g-7-central-banks-for-june</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2024 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shoppers enter the Oxford Circus London Underground station in central London, UK, on Friday, May 10, 2024. The UK&apos;s economy bounced back strongly from a shallow recession at the end of last year, providing some relief for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has so far struggled to deliver on his promise to revive growth.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Manufacturing PMI Falls to Lowest Since August 2020]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:21:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Kanda: MOF Will Take Appropriate Steps on FX as Needed]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-13/japan-s-kanda-mof-will-take-appropriate-steps-on-fx-as-needed</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:08:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Government Sees Income Growth Beating Inflation Next Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:43:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BOJ Isn’t Ready for a Requiem to the Negative-Rate Era]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-16/boj-isn-t-ready-for-a-requiem-to-the-negative-rate-era</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BOJ May Review Yield-Curve Control Policy as Rates Rise: Nikkei]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-22/boj-may-review-yield-curve-control-policy-as-rates-rise-nikkei</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 02:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BOJ Ueda Strikes Cautious Tone Making Case for Steady Policy]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-25/boj-ueda-strikes-cautious-tone-making-case-for-steady-policy</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:17:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BOJ’s Ueda Discusses Markets With Kishida Ahead of Jackson Hole]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-22/boj-s-ueda-reportedly-meeting-prime-minister-kishida</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emi Urabe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), during a news conference at the central bank&apos;s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 28, 2023. The Bank of Japan jolted financial markets by loosening its grip on bond yields in Governor Ueda’s first surprise move since taking the helm, a step that will likely spur talk of potential policy normalization to come.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Stimulus: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-06-13/china-stimulus-the-bloomberg-close-asia-edition</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 08:08:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Buildings in Shanghai, China, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Chinese stocks staged a sharp rebound as optimism that the Federal Reserve will pause interest-rate hikes in June helped rekindle risk sentiment. Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Curbing Risk: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-06-12/curbing-risk-the-bloomberg-close-asia-edition</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:07:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indictment: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-06-09/indictment-the-bloomberg-close-asia-edition</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:11:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[RBI on Hold: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-06-08/rbi-on-hold-the-bloomberg-close-asia-edition</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Fowler]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:12:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo displayed inside bank&apos;s headquarters in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Sep. 30, 2022. India�s central bank delivered a hat-trick of half-point interest-rate hikes, sustaining its battle to rein in inflation while flagging �calibrated action� to shield the economy amid fears of a global recession. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg</media:description>
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