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The BoJ raised its policy rate to 0.5%, the highest since 2008, in an 8-1 vote with Toyoaki Nakamura dissenting. The yen strengthened 0.6% to 155.12 per dollar, and the Nikkei 225 rose marginally.
The hike signals a steady move toward normalising Japanese policy, which can support the yen against the dollar. The direct impact on feed commodity prices is negligible.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.