The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

Japan's central bank raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts.

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan raised interest rates ... rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent - a level Japan has not seen in 17 years. It was made in a 8-1 vote with board member Toyoaki Nakamura ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has made its most aggressive monetary policy decision in over a decade, raising interest rates by 25 ...

At its two-day meeting concluding today, the Bank of Japan raised its short-term policy rate from 0.25% to 0.5% - a level Japan has not seen in 17 years. It was made in a 8-1 vote with board ...

The Bank of Japan made its first rate increase in 17 years in March last year, ending its negative interest rate policy, which amounts to negative borrowing rates. Japan’s longtime ultra-lax ...

Kazuo Ueda appears to have made a new year’s resolution to avoid shocks — and the self-inflicted wounds that come with them. After blindsiding investors in July, the Bank of Japan governor ...

The Bank of ... strain on Japanese consumers from expensive imports driven by a weak yen. With signals from both the governor and his deputy in the past few weeks, the BoJ has made its intention ...

The Bank of Japan will debate whether to raise interest ... The remarks, which echo those made by BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Tuesday, pushed up the yen as markets continued to price ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to hold their monetary meeting across ... The renewed speculation stems from comments made by BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda, who indicated that policymakers will deliberate on ...