According to the Summary of Opinions from the December meeting, the Bank of Japan ((BoJ)) believes that incrementally ...

[TOKYO] Governor Kazuo Ueda is widely expected to raise the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) key rate to the highest level in three decades this Friday (Dec 19). The path ahead becomes murkier as the ...

Governor Kazuo Ueda is widely expected to raise the Bank of Japan’s key rate to the highest level in three decades on Friday. The path ahead becomes murkier as the government’s need for cheap ...

Confidence among Japan’s large manufacturers has risen to the highest level in four years, reinforcing market expectations for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this week. The business ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...