The Bank of Japan's rate hike path is clear: policy dilemma under deep negative interest rates

TokenSherpa · 2025-12-29T00:16:09+00:00

The Bank of Japan meeting signals a potential interest rate hike, facing a dilemma of inflation pressure and limited room for rate increases. Despite the rate hike, real interest rates remain negative, affecting savings purchasing power and global liquidity, which could have a significant impact on risk asset investors' sentiment.

TokenSherpa

2025-12-29 00:16:09

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【BiTu】At the latest Bank of Japan meeting, a committee member revealed a key signal: the central bank needs to continue raising interest rates at intervals of a few months. This pace may not seem fast, but the underlying issue is quite interesting—even raising the policy rate to 0.75%, Japan’s real interest rate remains deeply in negative territory.

From another perspective, this indicates that the Bank of Japan faces a dilemma: inflationary pressures force them to raise interest rates, but the room and scope for hikes are strictly limited. When real interest rates are persistently negative, the purchasing power of savings is eroded, which has subtle impacts on global liquidity and asset allocation decisions. Clarifying expectations of rate hikes could reshape investors’ attitudes toward risk assets.

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RiddleMaster

· 2025-12-31 09:23

The Bank of Japan's move is really frustrating. The rate hike is so small that it feels like nothing changed, and the real interest rate is still negative. Savers are taking a huge hit.

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BlockchainArchaeologist

· 2025-12-30 08:20

Japan's operations are a bit funny; raising rates to 0.75% or even negative interest rates, it's the same as not raising them at all... --- So, the real interest rate has always been negative, and depositors are losing out big time. Who's going to bear this loss? --- Raising rates every few months? That's too mild. If this continues, when will inflation truly be under control? --- Interestingly, global liquidity might be stirred up, making it difficult to price risk assets accurately. --- The central bank is in a dilemma—want to raise interest rates but are afraid to do it too quickly, leaving investors confused. --- Clearer expectations of rate hikes can actually be dangerous; what if the market overreacts? --- Negative real interest rates are like an open theft from depositors. Japan's predicament isn't easy to solve. --- Raising rates every few months—can this rhythm really change anything? It feels more like treating the symptoms than the root cause. --- It seems that global central banks are walking a tightrope, caught between inflation and growth. --- In simple terms, the Bank of Japan has no choice; its policy space is tightly constrained.

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GasGuzzler

· 2025-12-29 00:33

The Bank of Japan is really cornered by inflation; they can't even raise interest rates. Who can stand this? Real interest rates have been negative, saving money means losing money, no wonder everyone is investing in assets. Raising rates every few months? This pace is worrying; it seems Japan's economy is more fragile than we thought. The era of negative interest rates will continue, and the yen will depreciate again this month. It feels like global liquidity is about to change, and asset allocation needs to be recalculated. The expectation of rate hikes is confirmed; risk assets should probably start to exit. Japan's hand is getting harder to play; 0.75% can't save the situation at all. The central bank raising rates monthly? I wonder what they're betting on. The purchasing power of savings is being eroded; ordinary people really have no way out. The tricks behind the yen's depreciation are so limited; a bit disappointing.

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PoetryOnChain

· 2025-12-29 00:31

The Bank of Japan's recent moves are truly embarrassing... Raising interest rates every few months, only to find that the real interest rate is still negative. Isn't this just slow-motion harvesting of retail investors? People saving money are losing out, as their purchasing power continues to evaporate. No wonder everyone is eager to jump into risk assets. By the way, when will this deadlock finally end? It seems Japan has already pushed itself into a dead end. It looks like we need to readjust our strategies according to the central bank's expectations, or else we risk being harvested.

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ForkYouPayMe

· 2025-12-29 00:26

The Bank of Japan is just performing a circus act. Whether they raise interest rates or not, they are trapped. It's really quite miserable. The negative interest rate policy has long since become unsustainable. The savings of depositors have been drained. Wait, is this logic reversed? If they raise interest rates or implement negative rates, doesn't that mean they haven't really changed anything? It sounds like the central bank itself has no solutions left, only able to slowly drift along, praying that inflation will someday subside on its own. Now the global asset allocation needs to be recalculated. Is the era of the yen lying flat coming to an end? With such a slow pace of rate hikes, the market has already seen through it. What kind of reaction can there be?

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FudVaccinator

· 2025-12-29 00:17

The Bank of Japan's move is really a bit desperate, adding nothing but the same... 0.75% or negative interest rates, savers are losing money.

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BearMarketSurvivor

· 2025-12-29 00:17

The Bank of Japan's recent move is truly impressive, with a tiny rate hike that is hardly meaningful, and real interest rates are still negative. Depositors are taking a huge hit. --- The game of negative interest rates will eventually come to an end. It seems Japan has no good solutions left. --- Hiking every few months? This pace... feels like dragging things out. Real interest rates are still negative. --- Global liquidity will be reallocated, and risk assets are going to be nervous. --- The Bank of Japan is trapped. They can't curb inflation much or raise interest rates significantly, which is quite awkward. --- The erosion of savings purchasing power is the worst for ordinary people. --- 0.75% and still negative interest rates? How high does it need to go? It feels unsolvable. --- Clear expectations of rate hikes might actually cause a sell-off, and investors' psychological defenses are about to break. --- Japan has been stuck in negative interest rates for over a decade. It's truly powerless.

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