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TOKYO (Reuters) -Recent weakness in consumption has emerged as a fresh source of concern for Bank of Japan policymakers who are eyeing an exit from negative interest rates, three sources familiar with its thinking said, suggesting market expectations of an imminent rate hike may be over-blown. The yen and Japanese bond yields have jumped on market expectations of an imminent policy change after BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the central bank will face an "even more challenging" situation in the year-end and next year. But Ueda's remark, which came in response to a la...

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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Economic policy shift in China and the investment opportunities it is creating are drivers for long-term bets in the country by global asset managers, top executives said on Wednesday. "China is the world's second-largest capital market" after the U.S., the head of BlackRock's global client business, Mark Wiedman, said at the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit in Hong Kong. "Long term, (China) has to be part of a global investment portfolio."

Investors are cutting the yen adrift, cooling on the idea that a big rally is just around the corner even as bets firm that a policy shift in Japan could come as soon as next week. Little by little, the view that the Japanese currency was the cleanest wager against the dollar - destined to zoom as Japan hiked interest rates while the Federal Reserve cut - has faded as the dollar's stubborn strength has dominated trade. One result is an uneasy calm in spot and options markets for dollar/yen as traders give up waiting for the yen to bounce.

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