The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is set to make an amendment to liquidity guidelines governing banks in order to better protect customers and ensure that they can access their funds without delay.

The spike in yields has led some analysts to speculate that the BOJ could ramp up bond buying in an emergency operation or issue a verbal warning against rapid market moves. "Bond yields ...

THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it is negotiating with commercial banks to facilitate the exchange of older cotton-based banknotes even after they cease to be legal tender on July 1, 2025.

The BOJ has raised the key rate three times since March last year, when it carried out its first hike in 17 years, as it moves to normalize monetary policy following a decade-long framework of ...

Fears of a Trump-induced global slowdown have forced the BOJ to sharply cut its growth forecasts at its April 30-May 1 policy meeting, and cast doubt on its view that sustained wage hikes will ...

Noguchi, a former academic seen as among dovish members of the board, also said the BOJ must move cautiously in raising interest rates to ensure underlying inflation stabilises around its 2 per ...

ING said the BOJ was likely to raise rates by 25 basis points in July, before an extended pause due to high uncertainty over U.S. trade tariffs and the Japanese economy. Japanese core consumer ...

The Bank of Japan heard mixed views from market participants over two days on how quickly it should taper its bond buying, input that will help guide its quantitative tightening plans as signs of ...

Last night's release of April CPI data should worry the BoJ enough to prompt a 25bp hike in our opinion. And with the dollar staying relatively weak, USD/JPY will likely meet good selling interest ...

Bank of Japan policy board member Asahi Noguchi struck a more cautious tone about the pace of the bank’s future interest-rate hikes, saying it should take “a measured, step-by-step approach ...

Banff, Canada, May 22 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan will continue to monitor the domestic bond market carefully amid soaring yields on superlong-term Japanese government bonds, BOJ Governor ...

Loading The spike in yields comes at a delicate time for the BOJ, which will review next month an existing taper programme running through March, and come up with a plan for next fiscal year and ...