The dovish comments pushed down the yen, heightening uncertainty over whether the BOJ could hike interest rates again this year, as many market players had predicted. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

It's worth noting that the Fed chose to slash rates by 50 bps this week, with the Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3) forecast at 2.93%.

0128 GMT — Yen strengthens against other G-10 and Asian currencies in the morning session amid prospects of further BOJ rate increases. Japan’s August CPI data released earlier suggest the ...

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.

It is up 3.4% for the week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is widely expected to keep its short-term rate steady at 0.25%, although focus will be on any hints from Governor Kazuo Ueda on the timing and ...

Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from ...

TOKYO -- The yen slightly strengthened after the Bank of Japan held interest rates steady, in line with market expectations, at its monetary policy meeting. The yen's overall movement was limited ...