Finance & Markets
BOJ Holds Rates Amid Hormuz Crisis — Path Dependency Traps Japan's Exit
⚡ FAST READ1-min read Japan's central bank is frozen at 0.75% as a Middle East energy crisis collides with yen weakness, exposing the structural trap of a resource-dependent economy trying to normalize monetary policy during a global supply shock. ── 3 Key Points ───────── * • The Bank of Japan decided on