TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on Thursday, suggesting uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs and the hit to exports could ...

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on May 1, suggesting uncertainty surrounding US tariffs and the hit to exports could keep policy ...

May 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and cut its growth forecasts on Thursday, as uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs clouds the outlook for the world's fourth-largest ...

The BOJ revised down its gross domestic product outlook for the year ending in March 2026 to 0.5% growth from the previous 1.1%, according to its quarterly report. The Bank left interest rates ...

Borrowing – the difference between total public sector spending and income – was £16.4 billion in March 2025; this was £2.8 billion more than in March 2024 and the third-highest ...

It was the first board meeting since Washington announced a wave of "reciprocal" tariffs in early April. The BOJ also stood pat at its March gathering following a 25-basis-point hike in January.

The debate may be swayed by what BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda heard in Washington last week, where the International Monetary Fund slashed its global growth forecasts and policymakers fret of further ...

AUD/JPY gathers strength to around 91.90 in Thursday’s Asian session. BoJ kept interest rates steady at its May meeting, as widely anticipated. Australia’s Trade Surplus climbs to 6,900M ...

The BOJ “will have to look at all the data and they will have to communicate very clearly to the markets how they are interpreting these data to explain their decisions,” she said.

Amid growing uncertainty over the course of the global economy in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's high tariff policy, the BOJ is closely monitoring how the Japanese economy and prices ...

A Bank of Japan report based on input from branch managers conveyed increasing caution over the potential impact on the global economy from escalating trade tensions, giving traders further ...