The Bank of Japan is likely to keep raising its benchmark rate to a level exceeding the current market consensus, and there’s ...
A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.
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.
The Bank of Japan’s message on gradual interest hikes has been clearly received by financial markets, Governor Kazuo Ueda ...
Under Kuroda, the BOJ deployed a massive asset-buying programme dubbed "quantitative and qualitative easing" (QQE) in April ...
One member referred to 'a growing possibility that underlying CPI (consumer price index) inflation will rise steadily toward ...
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 ...
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 Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Naoki Tamura on Thursday suggested a gradual rate hike in a timely manner. Tamura added ...