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I think more and the effect and the balance to the balance of there if the ICC's of

that is

that is

that was Bank of Japan

Governor

Azuo Uweida

warning back in May

that the central bank

may look to tighten monetary policy

This week Ueda made good on the promise, but with a flatlining economy

and very little inflation, caution makes sense. Well, what are the implications of the BOJ tightening,

just as other top central banks stall or ease rate hikes? Stay tuned for this week's Newsroom.

Welcome back to the Views, a podcast from Reuters' Reuters breaking views where columnists from around the world talk about the big stories of the week.

I'm your host, Amy Donnellin, coming to you from London.

Japan continues to be an outlier in its approach to ratcheting up interest rates.

This week, it tweaked its policy to allow higher

long-term interest rates. Its economy is flatlining, which explains the approach. But why is this top

central bank taking such a different tack? Here to talk to me about central banks more generally

is Peter Tal Larson, Global Head of Breaking Views, and Francesco Guerrera,

our global economics editor.

Welcome Peter and Francesco.

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