BOJ Signals It Remains on Rate Hike Path With Regional Report
The Bank of Japan indicated it remains on track to consider more interest rate hikes by upgrading its assessments for two regional economies, while also offering little evidence of any need for immediate action.
BOJ's rate hike plans face political curve ball
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's efforts to lift rock-bottom borrowing costs face fresh challenges as a yen rebound and the new political leadership's preference for loose monetary policy raise the hurdle for rate hikes.
Japan’s New Economics Minister Asks BOJ to Consider Rate Hikes Carefully
The Bank of Japan should weigh any additional interest-rate increases carefully in order to avoid the risk of cooling the economy too much, the country’s new economics minister said.
Yen plummets as Ishiba signals no immediate rate hike from BOJ
By bno - Tokyo Japan's yen has taken a significant hit, plunging to 147.15 against the US dollar, following dovish comments from Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba regarding interest rates. In a stark shift from his recent campaign rhetoric,
PM Ishiba Says Japan Not Ready for Rate Hike After Meeting BOJ Governor
Ishiba, who was officially appointed as prime minister on Tuesday, had been seen by markets as endorsing the BOJ's policy normalisation, in part because of his comments to Reuters in August that a gradual hike in ultra-low rates will help boost Japan's profitability.
BOJ’s Next Hike Likely to Come in January, Former Official Says
New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba won’t impede the Bank of Japan’s path toward raising interest rates, with January the most ...
BOJ highlights broadening wage, price gains but warns of risks
The Bank of Japan said broadening wage hikes were underpinning consumption and prodding more firms in regional areas to pass ...
BOJ Policymakers Divided on Future Rate Hike Pace, July Minutes Show
The BOJ's rate hike in July and Ueda's hawkish comments, coupled with weak U.S. labour market data, triggered a spike in the ...
Japan’s Super-Long Yield Gap Near Biggest in Two Decades on BOJ
Yields on Japan’s longest-maturity government bonds relative to shorter debt have climbed to near two-decade highs as ...
Many firms in western Japan see China slowdown to continue, says BOJ official
Many companies in western Japan are setting business plans on the assumption the slowdown in exports to China will continue, ...
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BOJ might mull rate hike from summer to autumn
“The possibility of achieving the BOJ's long-awaited target will further increase as wage hikes (from the recently completed "shunto" spring labor offensive) are reflected in higher consumer ...
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Japan Ministers Ask BOJ to Help Complete Exit from Deflation
TOKYO—The new ministers in charge of Japan’s economic and fiscal policies have asked the central bank to help recently sworn-in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration declare victory ...
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BOJ faces fresh challenge as politics, yen complicate rate hikes
New Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba stunned markets this week when he said the economy was not ready for further rate hikes, an apparent about-face from his previous support for the BOJ unwinding ...
Ishiba’s Right-Hand Man Stresses Unity with BOJ on Deflation
Japan’s new government trusts the Bank of Japan’s decisions and will work closely with the central bank to eliminate the risk ...