[Capital Economics: Bank of Japan's Three Votes of Dissent Mark Largest Split Since 2016, June Rate Hike Prediction Maintained] Jin10 Data, April 28 – Marcel Thieliant, Head of Asia Economics at Capital Economics, stated that although the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged, its outlook report leaned hawkish. Thieliant remains firm in his prediction that the Bank of Japan will raise rates in June. He added that three committee members voted in favor of a rate hike, marking the largest dissent since the negative interest rate policy was implemented in 2016. While it is unsurprising that consistently hawkish members Goushi Kataoka and Naoki Tamura cast dissenting votes, Junko Nakagawa joined the dissenting camp for the first time.