Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday the central bank must maintain an accommodative monetary policy to support economic growth and ensure the underlying inflation gradually moves ...

An indicator of investors’ inflationary expectations in Japan has risen to a record high, which could encourage the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to continue raising interest rates, analysts say. The break-even ...

At its two-day meeting concluding on Friday, the BOJ raised its short-term policy rate from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent - a level Japan has not seen in 17 years. It was made in an 8-1 vote with ...

Focus was squarely on the BOJ, which is widely expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of a meeting on Friday. Recent signs of resilience in the Japanese economy ...

BofA noted that if the BOJ does hike rates now, the market is likely to adopt the view that further hikes will be unlikely until at least after the Upper House elections later this year. “ ...

BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has hinted that the central bank is contemplating legal recourse to get commercial banks to move interest rates in line with similar movements by BOJ.

BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) says it has received a recommendation from at least one deposit-taking institution (DTI) that, if enacted, will result in automated banking machines (ABMs) being deployed to ...

It just wasn’t obvious why. As the BOJ this week considers a third tightening, his argument for raising interest rates has become clear — in case they need to be cut later. It has a certain ...

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 BOJ has sent out a clear message that a rate hike will be on the table, so I think the possibility of raising rates is quite high,” said Masahiro Ichikawa, chief market strategist at ...

The yen was alone among Group-of-10 currencies in rising against the dollar on Tuesday as traders wagered that Donald Trump’s first salvo on tariffs won’t stop a potential interest rate hike ...