BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the bank plans to consider an interest rate hike after assessing economic policies of the second Trump administration and wage trends in the “shunto” labor ...

The BOJ held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting, a move governor Kazuo Ueda explained as aimed at scrutinising more data on next year's wage momentum and clarity on the ...

JGBs fall in the morning Tokyo session, tracking Friday’s price declines in U.S. Treasurys. Market participants are likely to ...

It was noted by some unnamed committee members in the summary that risks to inflation are now skewed to the upside, compounded by a weak yen, and that this warrants another adjustment to the BoJ ...

BOJ officials see little cost to waiting before raising interest rates, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg earlier this month. That report pushed the yen to its weakest level since ...

BOJ Is Said to Weigh Raising Inflation Forecast on Rice, Yen BOJ likely to discuss raising core-core view for FY24, FY25 Bank will still be assessing data carefully before decision ...

BOJ officials see little cost to waiting before raising borrowing costs, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg earlier this month. The board’s decision, which usually comes around noon ...

The debate highlights how overseas economic risks, particularly those surrounding the new U.S. administration's policies, will be key to how soon the BOJ will hike rates. While the Oct.

The estimates, disclosed on Thursday in a research paper, underscore the BOJ's resolve to keep pushing up short-term interest rates - now at 0.25% - to levels deemed neutral to the economy in ...

Local press reports suggest that BOJ policy board members are inclined to hold off for another month to see how markets react to the administration of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump ...

The BOJ had raised its benchmark short-term rate twice so far in 2024, ending nearly a decade of negative rates over what it saw as a “virtuous cycle” of wage growth and improved inflation.

The BOJ's meeting concluded hours after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates but signalled a more cautious path of easing next year, sending global stocks sharply lower. BOJ Governor Kazuo ...