Incoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank must maintain ultra-low interest rates to support the fragile economy, warning of the dangers of responding to cost ...

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The BOJ will hold two gatherings on Tuesday with representatives from banks and securities firms to hear their views on the current and future pace of the central bank’s pullback from the bond ...

The BOJ left its policy rate at 0.5% earlier this month as it slashed its growth forecasts amid uncertainty about U.S. trade policy. Gov. Kazuo Ueda said underlying inflation may reach its target ...

The Bank of Japan’s most dovish board member warned against hurrying to raise the benchmark interest rate as authorities will need to closely monitor the impact of US tariffs on economic activity.

Kazuo Ueda starting in March last year. His remarks counter a recent revival of market speculation over the chances of the BOJ raising borrowing costs this year. Some market participants renewed ...

Japan's underlying inflation will stay around the BOJ's 2% target if there is an economic rebound, Uchida told parliament. Sign up here. He noted that recent gains in domestic prices were largely ...

The U.S. tariffs could also trigger a "vicious cycle of lower demand and prices," which requires the BOJ to tread carefully in future rate hikes, he added. The U.S. imposed 10% tariffs on all ...

While the BOJ is unlikely to ramp up bond buying, the rise in super-long yields could affect its decision on the pace and composition of future quantitative tightening (QT), say analysts and ...