[TOKYO] Japan’s Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday the government will work closely with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in reaching its 2 per cent inflation target as rising living costs hurt ...

"June is the favored option in my base case,” Kazuo Momma, a former executive director in charge of monetary policy at the BOJ, said in an interview Monday. "It may get pushed back to September ...

The BOJ will deliver its next policy decision on March 19. “Consumer spending is likely to stay weak into this quarter as households face inflation,” said Taro Saito, the head of economic ...

"The BoJ is likely to hike at least twice more this year, but we are tilting to three," Desai said, expecting the terminal rates to "well be above 1%." Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and other ...

At its latest gathering on January 24, the BoJ raised its key interest rate by 25bps to 0.5%, with Governor Ueda reaffirming his view that additional hikes will probably be needed if economic ...

Recession fears and BoJ rate hike expectations sent USD/JPY tumbling 1.71% last week, falling to the lowest level since the 2024 Yen carry trade unwind. The pair briefly climbed to a high of 151. ...

BOJ Policy Board members agreed on the continuation at their monetary policy meeting on June 16 although inflation has been exceeding the central bank’s 2 percent target for some time.

After a prolonged period of ultra-easy policy, the BOJ has begun raising interest rates, while the government made rare currency market interventions in 2022 and last year to boost the yen ...

Trump said on Monday he had told Japan and China they could not continue to reduce the value of their currencies, as doing so would be unfair to the United States. Asked about Trump's comment on ...

BOJ Is Said to Lean Toward Holding Key Rate at March Meeting Officials said to want to mull January hike, US policy impacts Wage talk developments so far seen as within expectations ...

Nvidia posted another monster set of results for Q4. It reported that revenue grew by a whopping $39.3bn, higher than the $38bn expected last quarter, and a 45% increase on the $22bn of revenue it ...