The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as projected ...
USD/JPY is off the lows but remains heavy near 152.00 in Thursday's Asian trading. BoJ policymaker Tamura backs further rate ...
My base view is that there is a lot more coming,” the former director said. 'There is little logical reason to believe that ...
The Bank of Japan’s message on gradual interest hikes has been clearly received by financial markets, Governor Kazuo Ueda ...
BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.
One member referred to 'a growing possibility that underlying CPI (consumer price index) inflation will rise steadily toward ...
Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping the bank on track for further tightening steps.  Nominal ...
The BOJ decided on Friday to offer no new lending from July under its fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending. The program’s outstanding loans stood at ¥77 trillion ($496 billion ...
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Thursday that the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if ...