Stock Market Today: Asian Shares Gain After S&P 500 Climbs to a Record and Bank of Japan Raises Rate
Asian shares have advanced after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate ...
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Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Editor’s note: This story was updated on January 24th.
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