A majority of the 315 respondents said that the Bank of Japan will end its unprecedented policy of keeping interest rates below zero in the first half of 2024. The move marks the end of a bold experiment Japan began in 2016. The experiment has recently put Japan at odds with other major central banks, which have aggressively tightened monetary policy to fight inflation.
What the Bank of Japan does and when it does it will affect global markets. The biggest outcome, according to MLIV Pulse respondents, is further disruption of large amounts of government debt. Higher yields in Japan would encourage Japanese investors, who own large holdings of U.S., European and Australian government bonds, to repatriate their funds.