Japan's annual wholesale inflation jumped to 4.2% in January, accelerating for the fifth straight month, data showed on ...

The Bank of Japan looks set to raise interest rates this week unless Trump’s inauguration address as U.S. president on Monday rattles financial markets, say people familiar with the central bank’s ...

THE EXPECTATION: The Bank of Japan looks set to raise interest rates ... according to people familiar with the central bank’s thinking. Market expectations for an imminent rate increase have ...

Speaking today (February 5) to parliament, Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BoJ’s monetary affairs department, noted ...

Japan's annual wholesale inflation climbed to 4.2% in January, marking the fifth consecutive month of acceleration, driven by increases in food, textile, and non-ferrous metal prices. This rise ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will continue to hike interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as ...

JAPAN’S annual wholesale inflation jumped to 4.2 per cent in January, accelerating for the fifth straight month, data showed on Thursday (Feb 13), highlighting persistent price pressures and ...

THE CHECKPOINTS: Ever since the central bank held policy ... that wage trends in Japan and U.S. economic policies will be important factors in deciding the next rate hike. He has also said that ...

“We would like to make a decision after we have studied the impact of this rate hike,” said the BOJ Chief cited in the agency report. The move from the Japanese central bank fueled the Yen 0.7 ...

We believe a combination of macroeconomic, geopolitical and regulatory tailwinds could bode well for Japanese equities in ...

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The Japanese central bank left the policy rate unchanged at its ... from both him and his deputy earlier this week that a rate hike at the upcoming Jan. 23-24 meeting is firmly on the table.