Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election could lead to higher interest rates in Japan, some analysts argue.
The Bank of Japan has been under pressure to keep monetary policy accommodative given the state of the economy and the tentativeness of the recovery.
Shinichiro Kobayashi, chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting, said that increasing interest rates has “been a bit difficult until recently.”
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