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• Markets had a relatively quiet start to the week, with early action in the currency market marked by the dollar gaining against the yen after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda again left investors unsure about the timing of an interest rate hike. While he left open the possibility of a gradual tightening of policy if the economy develops in line with the central bank’s forecasts, he did not mention whether a hike would come in December. That disappointed many in the markets. When Ueda’s event was announced on Friday, markets assumed it was staged because he wanted to say...