Global Market | Hawkish Turn: BOJ policymakers push for timely tightening amid rising pricesBank of Japan policymakers are increasingly favoring interest rate hikes, citing persistent inflation and a strengthening wage-price cycle....
Middle East conflict may accelerate BOJ’s rate-hike timeline as inflation risks riseThe escalating Middle East conflict is heightening Japan’s inflation risks, potentially accelerating the Bank of Japan’s rate-hike timeline...
Iran crisis jolts Japan bond yields, muddies BOJ rate outlookMarket expectations for Japanese bond yields and the central bank's next rate increase have been thrown into disarray as investors fear an ...
Dollar gains as Fed cut bets recede; yen on guardThe dollar strengthened on Thursday. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated a potential pause in rate cuts. This pushed the yen to a...
Japanese government bonds hold steady as BOJ meets on policyJapanese government bonds remained stable as the Bank of Japan started its policy meeting. The central bank is expected to maintain current...
BOJ keeps rates steady, cuts growth forecastsThe Bank of Japan maintained its interest rates at 0.5% but lowered economic growth predictions due to uncertainties surrounding U.S. tarif...
BOJ to keep rates steady, cut growth forecastsThe Bank of Japan is anticipated to maintain steady interest rates while reducing growth forecasts due to uncertainties surrounding U.S. ta...
Japan's core inflation hits 3% in February, keeps alive BOJ rate-hike betsJapan's core inflation reached 3.0% in February, signaling growing price pressures and bolstering expectations for further interest rate hi...
Bank of Japan keeps rates steady, puts focus on global risksThe Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates, signaling caution amid global economic uncertainties, while projecting inflation near...
Fragile yen could make BOJ's Ueda tilt more towards hawkish stanceThe BOJ chief will be mindful of avoiding the episode of 2022, when his predecessor's dovish remarks triggered a yen plunge that forced Tok...
Unfazed by recession, BOJ keeps April policy shift on tableJapan shocked analysts on Thursday when data showed gross domestic product unexpectedly contracting for two straight quarters, the technica...
BOJ debated room for stimulus tweaks with eye on long battle with pandemicThe central bank kept monetary policy steady in October on the view the economy was headed for a moderate recovery thanks to a package of m...
Kuroda cautions Japan can't keep current growth rateBOJ may be able to control rates while buying fewer Japanese government bonds.
Japan turns again to Ben Bernanke, as fruits of Abenomics witherLess than three weeks before the Bank of Japan’s next scheduled policy meeting, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda met with former Federal Reserve Ch...
BoJ stays put: But it means a lot for dollar & Fed hike: Here’s howThe move came as a big disappointment to global equity markets. Consumer inflation hit its lowest level in two years as per a recent Bank o...
Bank of Japan may keep its stimulus fireworks on beyond 2018The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to increase its record stimulus even more, said 28 of 33 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Bank of Japan pledges open-ended asset buys, doubles inflation targetHaving slashed interest rates close to zero, the BoJ’s policy is the latest unorthodox effort to try to recover from the global financial c...