January's job growth fell short of expectations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. Only 143,000 nonfarm payrolls were added, a decrease from December's revised ...

S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.20%, andMarch Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.10% this morning, ...

While the tight labour market is not a new trend, the BOJ's more vocal concerns about the resulting wage and inflationary pressures mean it will be more inclined to look past economic weakness as ...

But that process at times could be difficult," Ueda said. Ueda's remarks followed the BOJ's decision last month to raise short-term interest rates to 0.5%, a level unseen in Japan for 17 years ...

Based on his own assessment, Hayakawa said he sees the BOJ’s terminal rate in this cycle somewhere around 1.5%. That’s higher than most analysts’ view, although it’s in line with a ...

As such, we must support economic activity with loose monetary policy," Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BOJ's monetary affairs department, told parliament. "Having said that, we will ...

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday the central bank must maintain an accommodative monetary policy to support economic growth and ensure the underlying inflation gradually moves ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to normalize policy, according to former BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda ...

The comments underscore that the BOJ isn’t ruling out raising borrowing costs this month, with most BOJ watchers seeing it coming in either January or March. When asked in the afternoon about ...