"Having just raised rates in July, the BOJ will likely prefer to scrutinise market developments for the time being," said former BOJ official Nobuyasu Atago. "It's natural to think the next rate ...

As widely expected, the BOJ kept short-term interest rates steady at 0.25% at a two-day meeting that ended on Friday. "Private consumption has been on a moderate increasing trend despite the ...

Japan's neutral rate likely to be at least 1%, Tamura says Japan making further progress in durably hitting price goal Tamura sees upside inflationary risk rising BOJ can raise rates slowly ...

The BOJ maintained its settings for the unsecured overnight call rate at around 0.25%, according to its statement, as expected by all 53 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The bank raised its ...

That makes signaling on Friday from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda the near-term key in determining the outlook on the narrowing rate gap between the two economies, after his comments at the last policy ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) to explain the decision. The BOJ ended negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy rate to 0.25 ...

(Bloomberg) — Japan’s key inflation gauge accelerated in August for a fourth consecutive month, hours before the Bank of Japan is scheduled to wrap up its latest policy decision meeting.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - For academics and policymakers gathered at the U.S. Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole economic conference to debate how central banks can affect market ...

The BOJ kept the uncollateralized overnight call rate at 0.25%. The decision to leave the rate unchanged was widely expected. A poll of 27 BOJ watchers conducted by Nikkei affiliate QUICK from Sept.

Wall Street celebrates Federal Reserve's rate cut with record-breaking rally, as global markets join the euphoria.

Takaichi, an advocate of the aggressive economic stimulus policies of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has been more willing ...

It was the first time a BOJ policymaker publicly specified a level the central bank should eventually target in pushing up short-term borrowing costs. Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy ...