(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan is likely to wait until the summer before it next raises interest rates, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Some 56% of 45 BOJ watchers expect the next ...

The remarks, which echo those made by BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Tuesday, pushed up the yen as markets continued to price in the chance of a rate hike at the bank's next policy meeting on ...

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 ...

"Unless the BOJ either changes the logic of rate hikes ... reducing the likelihood of a repeat of the summer market meltdown when a Japanese rate hike led to a spike in the yen." ...