The yen climbed to an eight-week top versus the U.S. dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated ...
The Bank of Japan is likely to keep raising its benchmark rate to a level exceeding the current market consensus, and there’s ...
A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.
The Bank of Japan made a significant step toward shrinking its massive balance sheet last week, while market watchers were ...
Bank of Japans Tamura Naoki, Member of the Policy Board said he believes that, by the second half of fiscal 2025 -- when wage hikes resulting from annual wage negotiations, including among small and ...
One member referred to 'a growing possibility that underlying CPI (consumer price index) inflation will rise steadily toward ...
BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.
Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping the bank on track for further tightening steps.  Nominal ...
The Bank of Japan’s message on gradual interest hikes has been clearly received by financial markets, Governor Kazuo Ueda ...