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IMF urges Japan to avoid cutting sales tax amid higher expected borrowing costs

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Japan against cutting sales tax when borrowing costs on public debt are set to double, comments that come as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi prepares to ...
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IMF urges Japan to keep raising interest rates, avoid reducing sales tax

TOKYO (Reuters) -- The International Monetary Fund urged Japan to keep raising interest rates and avoid loosening fiscal policy further, warning that trimming the consumption tax would erode its ...
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IMF executive recommends longer-term fiscal planning for Japan

WASHINGTON – International Monetary Fund executive Vitor Gaspar has recommended that Japan create longer-term fiscal plans amid increasing risks posed by interest rate rises. "After the pandemic, ...

Japan has two more windows for yen intervention by IMF rules

Japan can conduct only two more sessions of three-day interventions by November if it wants to maintain its status of having ...