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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 ...

The nine-member board also agreed that the BOJ's near-term focus should be to scrutinise the economic fallout from overseas uncertainties and unstable financial markets, the minutes showed.

One nightmare scenario for policymakers would be a renewed plunge in the yen towards the three-decade trough near 162 to the dollar hit in July - a move that prodded the BOJ to raise interest ...

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 interest ...

“Uncertainties got elevated not only for the BOJ but for everyone around the world” as a result of the US election, Kazuo Momma, the former BOJ executive, said in an interview Thursday.

"The BOJ needs to pay due attention to the future course of overseas economies, particularly the US economy, and developments in financial markets," the BOJ said in a quarterly outlook report.

TOKYO ― The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise interest rates in coming months with January emerging as the most likely timing, when there will be more clarity on political and market developments ...