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The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as projected ...

The BOJ's increasing focus on wage-driven inflation is another sign Japan is shedding its 25-year battle with deflation and ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

In a speech to business leaders, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

Average household monthly income in the same month was 1,179,259 yen, rising 7.2% in nominal terms and up 2.9% in real terms ...

JGBs fell in price terms. BOJ policy board member Naoki Tamura’s comments last week and possible wage increases have bolstered confidence that the BOJ should continue to raise rates, OCBC said.

Based on his own assessment, Hayakawa said he sees the BOJ’s terminal rate in this cycle somewhere around 1.5%. That’s higher than most analysts’ view, although it’s in line with a ...

The deputy governor reiterated that the BOJ would consider additional rate increases if economic and prices developments align with expectations. However, he didn't provide any hints on the timing or ...