raised

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The BOJ raised its policy rate target to its highest level in 30 years on Friday, another small step back from the world’s longest and biggest experiment with ultra-expansionary monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their actions raised a question: How can ordinary people respond with such bravery?

From The Wall Street Journal

Japan's central bank has raised its main interest rate to the highest level in 30 years as the country faces a cost-of-living squeeze.

From BBC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission on Friday said that Australia’s Federal Court had raised the amount that the country’s fourth-largest bank must pay to 250 million Australian dollars, equivalent to US$165.3 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

The child of a Pentecostal school principal raised outside Portland, Ore., Waggoner grew up witnessing tension between religious groups and a progressive local government.

From The Wall Street Journal