📰【December 15 News Events Key Focus Overview】
Recently Focused Events:
The Bank of Japan plans to raise interest rates by 0.25% at its policy meeting on December 18-19, 2025, increasing the policy rate from 0.50% to 0.75%, the highest level in nearly 30 years since 1995.
Latest Developments:
On December 15, 2025, the market widely expects the Bank of Japan to implement an interest rate hike, with more than half of the policy committee supporting the proposal, and the Japanese government also endorsing the rate increase. This rate hike aims to address the pressure of yen depreciation and inflation risks, and it is expected that the narrowing of the interest rate differential between Japan and the United States will alleviate the ongoing depreciation trend of the yen.