TOKYO—The world’s nearly 12-year experiment with negative interest rates is over now that the last holdout, the Bank of Japan, has moved its key policy rate back to at least zero. Of the many ...

By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -All three of Japan's "megabanks" are on course for record annual income after the first nine ...

Japan’s real rates clearly remain in negative territory even with last week’s interest rate hike, and the Bank of Japan will ...

With an end to negative rates seen as nearly a done deal, the market's attention is shifting to any clues the BOJ could give on the pace of any interest rate hikes thereafter. The stakes are high.

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years, after consumer price rises ...

“The Bank of Japan has finally adjusted its policy rate from negative to a 0-0.1% range, while scrapping yield curve control in a dual-pronged policy adjustment.

The Bank of Japan increased the rate for the first time in 17 years in March last year, ending its negative interest rate policy, which amounts to negative borrowing rates. Japan’s longtime ...

Japan’s monetary policy shift, ending its experiment with negative interest rates, is unlikely to yield the expected results amid China’s economic stagnation. Japan is hopeful about the ...

In a widely anticipated move, the Bank of Japan on Jan. 24 raised its short-term policy rate to 0.50% from 0.25%. Read more ...

Negative interest rates occur when prices begin to start dropping to low levels as the value of a nation's currency increases. At these times, central banks may resort to negative interest rates. The ...

Himino emphasized that real interest rates in Japan should not remain negative once the economy overcomes its challenges. "I don't think it's normal for real interest rates to stay negative if ...

Japan's central bank has increased the cost ... That hike meant that there are no longer any countries left with negative interest rates. When negative rates are in force people have to pay ...