TOKYO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates in coming months with January emerging as the most likely timing, when there will be more clarity on political and ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) must make its monetary policy framework more flexible and stand ready to raise its long-term interest rate target next year if the economy can ...

BOJ Could End Yield Curve Control in April, Ex-Official Says Drop in global bond yields has created favorable conditions Momma doesn’t rule out possibility BOJ’s Ueda will keep YCC ...

As part of the decision, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years, lifting its short-term rate to “around zero to 0.1%” from minus 0.1%, according to a ...

BOJ officials view the potential cost of waiting for more information to confirm solid wage growth as not very high, the people said.

Another member said the BOJ should factor in firms' and households' inflation expectations, upside risks to prices and progress in wage hikes when making policy decisions at the next meeting. At ...

The BOJ has now held policy steady for the second straight meeting as the board continued to assess the potential impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Japan’s export-driven economy.

Ueda also said the BOJ will take "stronger steps" to whittle down monetary support if inflation overshoots its projections, signalling the chance of hiking rates sooner or more aggressively than ...

Consumer inflation has been running above the BOJ’s target of 2% for almost three years. Recent price increases are led partly by higher food prices, including those for rice, a key staple food ...

Since February, risks surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's policies have "moved closer towards the bad scenario" the BOJ had envisioned, Ueda said in an interview, adding that recent ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan would consider a policy response if the yen’s weakness causes inflation to rise sharply higher, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday. “If there is a risk that a virtuous ...

At the end of new governor Kazuo Ueda’s first policy-setting meeting Friday, the BOJ decided to maintain its cap on the 10-year Japanese government-bond yield at 0.5% and kept short-term ...