The Bank of Japan Raised Rates. Here’s Why You Should Care About the Global Impact
- Miguel Virgen, PhD Student in Business
- Dec 19, 2025
- 4 min read
When the Bank of Japan raised interest rates, the move may have seemed distant or even irrelevant to many readers outside Asia. For decades, Japan has been synonymous with near-zero or negative interest rates, stagnant inflation, and unconventional monetary policy. That reputation made Japan an outlier among major economies, and global investors built strategies around the assumption that cheap Japanese money would last forever. The decision to raise rates challenges that assumption and sends a signal that the global financial landscape is changing in ways that reach far beyond Tokyo.
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