S&P 500 E-Mini futures are trending down -0.11% this morning as investors digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats. President Trump said on Tuesday tha ...

S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are trending down -0.07% this morning as investors digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

US stocks were set for a modest retreat from their latest record highs as concerns around trade tariffs weighed on sentiment.

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board members discussed how to use estimates on the economy's neutral interest rate to determine further hikes in borrowing costs, with one saying the BOJ's ...

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 ...

"There is still a considerable distance to the neutral interest rate" -- a level that is neither stimulative nor restrictive to the economy, BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said in a press conference.

While analysts expect inflationary pressure from rising raw material costs to persist, some caution the hit to consumption could discourage the BOJ from raising interest rates too soon.

Ueda's remarks followed the BOJ's decision last month to raise short-term interest rates to 0.5 per cent, a level unseen in Japan for 17 years, underscoring policymakers' conviction the economy is ...

The board decided to raise the BOJ's short-term policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25% by an 8-1 vote. Board member Toyoaki Nakamura dissented to the decision. QUOTES: NAOYA HASEGAWA, CHIEF BOND ...

The nomination comes at a critical time for the BOJ, which last week raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis on the view Japan was on the cusp of sustainably ...

While the tight labour market is not a new trend, the BOJ's more vocal concerns about the resulting wage and inflationary pressures mean it will be more inclined to look past economic weakness as ...

Some 56% of 45 BOJ watchers expect the next hike to come in July, according to the poll conducted Monday, following the central bank’s decision Friday to bring rates up to the highest level ...