"If our economic and price forecasts are achieved, we will raise our policy rate accordingly and adjust the degree of ...

The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to triple its policy rate to at least ...

Bank of Japan board members discussed how to use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate to determine further hikes ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government on Tuesday nominated Waseda University political science and economics professor ...

Bank of Japan board members discussed how the central bank should use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate in ...

The Japanese government on Tuesday nominated Waseda University political science and economics professor Junko Koeda to join ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to have two women on its decision-making board for the first time, marking a modest step toward ...

The BOJ’s first major quantitative tightening step took place in July 2024 when it decided to slash bond buying by ¥400 ...

All outstanding loans from the central bank's fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending are expected to be wiped ...

Japan’s real rates clearly remain in negative territory even with last week’s interest rate hike, and the Bank of Japan will keep raising rates if its economic outlook is realized, according to Deputy ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government nominated female economist Junko Koeda to replace Seiji Adachi on the BOJ policy ...

The central bank is likely to pause a while before bringing the rate up to 0.75%, the highest rate since 1995.