The BOJ fumbled its communication in December, surprising investors when it left rates steady, but then telegraphed Friday's increase so unambiguously that markets had 90% priced it in and took ...

If the BOJ continues to raise the rate, it will become close to the so-called neutral rate of interest, which neither stimulates nor cools the economy. The BOJ expects to raise the policy rate to ...

The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a guideline for money market operations in inter-meeting periods and this guideline is written in terms of a ...

Ahead of Trump’s inauguration, BOJ officials saw a good chance of a rate hike at the end of this week’s two-day meeting, provided the president didn’t unleash too many negative surprises ...

His inauguration speech, including his plan to introduce tariffs, was within the expectations of many market players, paving the way for the BOJ to increase rates to the highest level in about 17 ...

The exchange continues to be sensitive to the direction of US 10-year yield and to speculation about the trajectory of BOJ policy. Even before Trump's threat of tariffs on Mexico, there were many ...

which would raise the BOJ's policy rate to 0.5%, a 17-year-high. The sources said that some of the nine-member board hold cautious views, and a final decision needs to be made after the ...

Citing multiple unnamed sources, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Friday, a majority of Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members is expected to approve an interest rate hike at the Bank’s policy ...

Under its current guidance, the BOJ pledges to continue raising its short-term policy rate if economic and price developments move in line with its forecasts. "For the BOJ, there's really not much ...

Hawkish speeches from BoJ officials coupled with a softer US core CPI print for December put an interim ceiling on US dollar strength against the yen. The leading 10-year yield spread of the US ...

Kazuo Ueda said at an event on Wednesday that the BOJ will raise rates next week if economic indicators show improvement. He added that he is aware of "many positive stories" of higher wages.