The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...

Japanese investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign U.S. core inflation report that fuelled ...

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The yen was the biggest mover ... 2 at 104.19 as expectations for aggressive interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve have faded after a slew of upbeat economic data. Markets now have a ...

After a two-day meeting, the Bank of Japan left its short-term interest ... and exacerbate pressure on the yen, if the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure - the U.S. core PCE price ...

Governor Kazuo Ueda and his fellow board members lifted the overnight call rate by a quarter-percentage point to 0.5% at the ...

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates on Friday to their highest level in 17 years and signalled more were in the pipeline despite fears of turmoil under US President Donald Trump.

Japanese markets eked out modest gains despite the yen's rise amid speculation of a BoJ rate hike next week. The Nikkei average edged up by 0.33 percent to 38,572.60 while the broader Topix index ...

Japan’s yen strengthened on Wednesday (Jan 15) on growing bets on a rate hike at the Bank of Japan’s next meeting, while ...

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Asian shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate. U.S.