Japan's central bank raised interest rates to "around 0.5%" as December's inflation soared to a 16-month high. Core consumer prices rose 3% year-on-year in December, prompting the BOJ to tighten ...

ING's economist covering Japan, Min Joo Kang, has been highlighting the risk of a January BoJ hike for a while – largely because the wage data has been coming in on the strong side. A 25bp hike ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to hold their monetary meeting across 23 – 24 January 2025. Market expectations are increasingly focused on a 25 basis point (bp) rate hike by the BoJ at its upcoming ...

The BOJ could hike rates this month if the board is convinced that sustained, broad-based wage hikes will take hold, and keep inflation durably at its 2 per cent target, they said. "Risks to ...

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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda sent a fresh reminder to bankers that he’s going to raise the benchmark rate if the economy continues to improve this year. “Our stance is that we will raise ...

Liri Albag, 19, is seen shaking and crying as she is forced to beg for her government to save her in a sadistic three-and-a-half-minute clip. She breaks down as she tells how some held with her ...

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However, the BoJ and December’s Summary of Opinions failed to provide clear signals. While some board members supported a December hike, Governor Ueda emphasized the need for more wage growth ...

On Dec. 31, the 25-year-old The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star posted a TikTok of her crying. Though she did not speak, the sound she used excerpted Queen Latifah’s speech in Last Holiday.