Officials kept rates at their highest level since 2008 for a seventh consecutive meeting, even as inflation dipped to 2 percent in May.
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SINGAPORE: Asian stocks took a breather on Thursday, hovering near their highest in two years as traders waited for more U.S. policy clues, while sterling was steady before a Bank of England meeting where rates are expected to remain unchanged. Read full story
Officials kept rates at their highest level since 2008 for a seventh consecutive meeting, even as inflation dipped to 2 percent in May.
The minutes from the June interest rate meeting are expected to show a discussion of a hike as well as holding rates steady.
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.7 per cent on Thursday to be at its highest level since April 2022.
European shares have been in a holding pattern ahead of key US inflation data, while the struggling Japanese yen kept investors on inflation watch.