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Bank of Japan keeps key interest rate unchanged at 0.75%The Bank of Japan has kept its key interest rate steady at 0.75 percent. This decision was widely expected by analysts. The central bank an...
Markets brace for Japan rate hike as analysts warn Bitcoin price could crash by 20-30%Markets brace as Japan’s BOJ plans a near-certain rate hike. Analysts warn Bitcoin could crash 20–30%, testing below $70,000. Historical da...
BOJ urged to boost bond buying in wake of spike in super-long yieldsThe Bank of Japan is under pressure to change its bond tapering strategy. This is due to a sharp increase in super-long bond yields. Some m...
IMF expects BOJ to raise rates again this year, eye neutral level by end-2027The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates this year, reaching neutral levels by 2027 according to the IMF. Japan’s economy is exp...
BOJ's victory lap on deflation paves way for rate-hike cycleThe Bank of Japan prepared for steady interest rate hikes after overcoming deflation, focusing on changes in consumer behavior and inflatio...
Japan's Nikkei posts first weekly drop in six on profit-taking, BOJ betsJapan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday but ended the week lower for the first time in six weeks due to profit-taking, while rising bet...
Asset managers turn bullish on Yen as Fed, BoJ paths may reverseThe yen this month reached its strongest level since the end of July against the dollar as the Federal Reserve signaled a pivot to rate cut...
BOJ's hawkish tilt suggests end to super-easy policy approachingA series of hawkish comments by BOJ speakers in recent weeks suggest the bank is preparing markets for an eventual policy change amid growi...
Bank of Japan to launch pilot programme in April for issuing digital yenThe move, which was widely expected, will follow two years of experiments the central bank has been conducting to decide whether to issue a...
Japan stocks slump on U.S. CPI data, reports of BOJ preparing for FX interventionThe Nikkei share average dropped 2.95% shortly after markets opened and closed down 2.78% at 27,818, after the Nikkei newspaper reported th...
BOJ won't introduce digital yen as means for negative ratesThe BOJ has not decided whether to issue a digital yen but has moved to a second phase experiment from April to prepare for a possible laun...
BOJ loads up $6 billion in ammunition to combat potential market turmoilUnder the arrangement announced on Wednesday, the central bank will buy dollar cash from the Ministry of Finance any time through to the en...
If BoJ had any sense, they would move away from negative rates and acknowledge their mistake: Geoff Lewis, Manulife Asset Management"The BoJ is more likely to tweak the current arrangements a little bit rather than and unveiling a new rabbit out of a hat."
BoJ eases, but not ready to jump into any helicopter: Top five takeawaysIt said it will take additional easing measures to achieve the price stability target in terms of three dimensions – quantity, quality and ...
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 ready to take appropriate action, if needed’
Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Sunday the central bank is closely watching the effect on the economy of the yen’s appreci...
- Yen stronger after BoJ action underwhelms
The dollar trimmed earlier gains against the yen in Asia on Monday as the Bank of Japan's expansion of a multi-billion-dollar loan scheme t...