Ueda has said it was hard to estimate Japan's neutral rate on a real-time basis. At the December meeting, the nine-member board voted down hawkish member Naoki Tamura's proposal to hike rates.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bond investors have taken a neutral stance in the run-up to the Federal Reserve's two-day monetary policy meeting this week, reflecting continued caution over U.S. trade policy ...

“At 4.3% we're above pretty much everyone on the committee's estimates of the longer-run neutral [rate],” Powell said Wednesday. “I would say we are meaningfully above it,” Powell added.

ISLAMABAD: The neutral expert’s competence was the topic of discussion at the third meeting on the Ratle and Kishenganga hydropower facility processes. The conference was a component of ...