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Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda arrives for a meeting at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, contrary to speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Asian shares decline as Bank of Japan keeps policy unchanged
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Mon,01/16/23-10:53PM , 41 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, contrary to speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation.
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World shares mostly higher ahead of China GDP data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Sun,01/15/23-10:55PM , 41 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Monday ahead of China’s release of economic growth figures and a policy update this week from Japan’s central bank.

Oil prices declined.
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A man walks by an office building across from a securities firm showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Shares advanced Friday in Asia after news that U.S. consumer inflation slowed last month pushed Wall Street benchmarks higher. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Asian markets mostly higher, tracking Wall Street gains
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Thu,01/12/23-12:36AM , 44 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Friday in Asia after news that U.S. consumer inflation slowed last month pushed Wall Street benchmarks higher.
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A man rides his bicycle past monitors showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday following encouraging U.S. employment data but were headed for double-digit losses for the year. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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World markets mixed after S&P 500 ends worst year since 2008
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Sun,01/01/23-10:28PM , 38 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares began the year mixed, with European benchmarks opening higher on Monday after a lackluster session for the few Asian markets not closed for New Year holidays.

U.S. markets are also closed.
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