BOJ weighs skipping rate hike at next week's policy meeting: sources

The Bank of Japan is considering holding off on raising interest rates at next week's policy meeting as uncertainties grow over the U.S. economic outlook under the trade policies of the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.The BOJ will hold a two-day monetary policy meeting starting Wednesday where it will carefully monitor whether the current wage hike momentum continues into the next year's spring wage negotiations, the sources said.The BOJ is inclined to take a cautious approach even as key economic indicators are moving in…READ FULL ARTICLE