LIVE | Japanese central bank raises interest rates, Asian investors positive

The Bank of Japan has raised interest rates by 0.25 percent to 1 percent, for the first time since 1995 and marking an important turning point in monetary policy. Asian investors are responding largely positively. In China and Taiwan, the stock markets are turning red due to disappointing economic results. Today the FED announces what it will do with interest rates in the US.

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