Morning Bid: BOJ decides - 'dovish hike' incoming?
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A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors divert their focus away from Washington on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, towards Tokyo and the Bank of Japan, which is widely expected to raise interest rates to a 17-year high of 0.5 per cent. Assuming the BOJ does raise rates by a quarter of a percentage point - a 95 per cent certainty, according to market pricing - that focus will narrow in even more on Governor Kazuo Ueda's press
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