The BOJ will announce the new study, which will be part of its quarterly Tankan business sentiment survey, later this fiscal year and begin it in 2027 at the earliest, the sources told Kyodo News. To ...

Last week brought clarity with two major elections, an interest rate decision, CPI news, and the latest U.S. employment figures. Both Canada and Australia saw re-elections, as Prime Ministers Mark ...

BoJ shifts from hawkish to cautious, weighing on Yen and supporting further USD/JPY upside potential. Household spending and wage growth data could influence BoJ rate decisions and Yen direction ...

After the BOJ's decision on Thursday to keep interest rates steady at 0.5%, Ueda said the timing for underlying inflation to converge toward the central bank's 2% target has been "pushed back ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda is addressing a press conference to explain the reasons behind holding the key interest rate at 0.50% on Thursday. The Japanese Yen keeps falling against ...

The stalled US-Japan trade talks and ongoing US-China tensions remain a drag on Japan’s economic outlook, making it more difficult for the BoJ to move towards policy normalization, IG analyst said in ...

AUD/JPY gathers strength to around 91.90 in Thursday’s Asian session. BoJ kept interest rates steady at its May meeting, as widely anticipated. Australia’s Trade Surplus climbs to 6,900M ...

The Nikkei share average extended gains to rise as much as 1% after the policy announcement. "The BOJ's downward revisions to the GDP outlooks for FY2025 and FY2026 were larger than we had ...

As widely expected, the board decided to keep the BOJ's short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.5% by a unanimous vote. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is expected to hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m ...

Bloomberg Ex-BoJ's Wakatabe, Amundi's Ishihara On Japan Outlook Posted: 1 May 2025 | Last updated: 1 May 2025 Masazumi Wakatabe, Former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor, and Hiromi Ishihara, Head of ...

At the two-day meeting ending on Thursday, the BOJ is widely expected to keep short-term interest rates steady at 0.5 per cent. Given growing headwinds from higher U.S. tariffs, the board is likely to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on Thursday, suggesting uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs and the hit to exports could keep ...