While U.S. tariffs are likely to hurt Japan’s economic growth, the BOJ will continue to raise interest rates if the economy and prices improve after a period of stagnation, as the board projects ...

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 ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members shared their views on the monetary policy outlook on Tuesday, per the BoJ Minutes of the January meeting. Some members recognized real interest rates were ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday the government will work closely with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in reaching its 2% inflation target as rising living costs ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy rate decision is scheduled for March 18th, 2025, a day before the FOMC statement and the federal funds rate announcement. Last week, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo ...

TOKYO — Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward rate hike expectations, shaking long-held views that rates ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities said on Monday it now expects the BOJ to raise interest rates to 0.75 per cent in July from 0.5 per cent currently, instead of in October-December.

Former BOJ official Nobuyasu Atago sees the chance of a hike at the April 30-May 1 meeting, given the BOJ's rising attention to the risk of an inflation overshoot. "The BOJ's next rate hike could ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities said on Monday it now expects the BOJ to raise interest rates to 0.75% in July from 0.5% currently, instead of in October-December. It also pushed forward ...

Several BOJ board members pointed to a build-up of upward price pressure that could lead to an overshoot in inflation, as rising import costs from a weak yen prod more firms to hike prices ...

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BANK OF JAMAICA (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has sent the clearest signal yet that the central bank is just at the start of its rate-cutting cycle and is already warning banks that it won’t be ...