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Yen slips toward more losses after BOJ rate hike

The yen fell to a two-week low versus the dollar after the Bank of Japan raised rates to 1.25% with two board members dissenting, market talk says.

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The Japanese yen could weaken further after the Bank of Japan dampened expectations for more aggressive policy tightening, MUFG Bank's Derek Halpenny says in a note. The BOJ voted 7-2 to raise rates by 25 basis points to 1.25% on Friday. The split vote is weighing on the yen, along with the BOJ adj…

25%, while two board members dissented, ING's Frantisek Taborsky said in a note. Toichiro Asada and Ayano Sato, who were appointed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, argued t…