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Economics

Three for three

BY BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017 9:28AM

The Bank of Japan, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England all met and kept monetary policy settings unchanged this week, all three expect better growth ahead.

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