TOKYO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda used diplomacy and nodded to the dangers of inflation and a weak yen to sell his plan for a December rate hike to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, ...

Governor Kazuo Ueda said the neutral interest rate can only be estimated within a fairly wide range at present. Ueda's comments imply the BOJ has ample room on the upside before its rate becomes ...

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise its benchmark rate Friday to the highest level in three decades, in a sign of growing confidence that it will achieve its stable inflation target.

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TOKYO—The timing of Japan’s next shift in monetary policy appears to hinge on a hard-to-pin-down detail that fascinates economists: the so-called neutral level of interest rates. Bank of Japan Gov.

TOKYO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will proceed with a 25-basis-point interest rate hike to 0.75% at its December meeting and raise borrowing costs to at least 1% by the end of September next ...

The BBC has teamed up with Blue Zoo Animation Studio to produce a Doctor Who spin-off series for pre-schoolers. Production ...

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1551 ET – Treasury yields fall as data back the idea that U.S. employment is weakening fast enough to secure a third consecutive interest rate cut by the Fed next week. ADP says private employers shed ...