Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will conduct monetary policy bearing in mind there are ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will conduct monetary policy bearing in mind there are ...

“It’s wrong to view that the BOJ will stop at the low end of their ... Another source of a concern is a recent rise in the cost of fresh foods. Inflation that hits daily household budgets ...

To that extent, the BOJ produces its inflation forecasts based on core CPI, which excludes fresh food prices, and the so-called "core-core" index that also strips away fuel costs. The difference ...

While consumer inflation has moved above the BOJ's 2% target recently, the increase was driven mostly by cost-push factors such as rising food and fuel prices that will likely dissipate later this ...

Japans wholesale inflation surged to 4.2% in January, marking its fifth consecutive monthly increase and exceeding market ...

An index stripping away the effect of both fresh food and fuel costs, which is closely watched by the BOJ as a better gauge of price pressure driven by domestic demand, rose 2.4% in December from ...

TOKYO: Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 2.5% to mark the fastest annual pace in nearly a year, data showed on Friday, well exceeding the central bank's 2% target and keeping alive market ...

The increase in food prices in Japan over recent months might not be temporary and could affect citizens’ inflation ...