The BOJ also released its quarterly consumer inflation report. It maintains its forecast of 2.5 percent for fiscal 2024, which started in April. But it downgraded its outlook for the next fiscal ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. It is a juridical person established based on the Bank of Japan Act (hereafter the Act), and is not a government agency or a private corporation.

Since ending a decade-long, radical stimulus programme in March, the BOJ has signaled its intention to keep raising interest rates from rock-bottom levels. But it was forced to water down the ...

The BOJ was blamed for amplifying a market rout in early August with its surprise interest rate hike in July, and Ueda's comments pledging to keep pushing up rates if sustainable achievement of ...

As Jamaica gears up to implement the twin peaks model for regulatory oversight of the financial sector, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is seeking international advice to build a framework for consumer ...

The nine-member board also discussed how to improve the way the BOJ communicates its policy intention to markets, with one flagging the idea of disclosing each member's forecast on the future ...

Some Bank of Japan board members were skeptical of the potential merits of releasing a rate path projection similar to the Federal Reserve’s dot plot when authorities discussed the idea during ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) returned to its very succinct policy statement at its scheduled Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) on Thu (31 Oct) as the BOJ took a unanimous decision to keep its monetary ...

Ueda Indicates BOJ Still on Track for More Rate Hikes After Hold Yen climbs as much as 1% after Ueda comments on policy outlook Still sees upside risks to its inflation view for fiscal 2025 ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, right, and the other members of the central bank's Policy Board attend the second day of its two-day meeting at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 31 ...