BOJ should hike rate "without missing appropriate timing": policymaker

A Bank of Japan policymaker said in January the central bank should conduct its next rate hike "without missing the appropriate timing," the minutes of its Policy Board meeting showed Wednesday.Addressing rising prices was an "urgent priority" and the central bank should not take too much time in examining the impact of the interest rate hike to a 30-year high of 0.75 percent implemented in December, the member said at the two-day policy meeting through Jan. 23 at which the key interest rate was left unchanged.Since then, the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, tri…READ FULL ARTICLE