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World Business Report: First broadcast 18/03/2024 15:32 GMT : A big week for central banks around the world

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A big week for central banks around the world

First broadcast 18/03/2024 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 18/03/2024 15:32 GMT : A big week for central banks around the world

BBC World Service - World Business Report, A big week for central banks around the world

Investors wait to see if Japan’s central bank will end negative interest rates.

Investors and businesses are waiting to see if Japan’s central bank will bring to an end eight years of negative interest rates.

As investors wait to see if Japan’s central bank will bring to an end eight years of negative interest rates, Rahul Tandon speaks to a former economist at the Bank of Japan about whether the policy has worked - and what would they do in the current economic climate.

China's industrial production picked up in the first two months of 2024, accompanied by faster growth in the high-tech manufacturing and the consumer goods manufacturing sectors - so is the economy getting back on track?

The number of watches recorded as lost or stolen has more than tripled over the last year reaching $1.9 Billion Dollars - according to the world's largest watch database - The Watch Register. We speak to their boss about why and what can be done to help recover stolen goods.
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