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BOJ may need to ease again as prospect of Fed rate hike fades

TOKYO -- Diminishing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year could allow the yen to strengthen, precipitating another round of monetary easing by the Bank of Japan, BOJ watchers say.

    The September employment report showed slowing improvement in the U.S. jobs market. This has everything to do with one of the conditions for a Fed rate hike: a favorable trend in labor supply and demand.

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