Japan Confronts Biggest Bond Loss Globally as BOJ Rate Hikes Upend Market
Investors are rethinking their strategies for Japanese sovereign bonds after the Bank of Japan’s pivot to interest-rate hikes ...
Trump Hits Japan With 25% Tariff Tokyo Should’ve Seen Coming
Hearing that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s approval rating fell below 28%, it’s hard not to wonder how it could ...
Japan's corporate service inflation hits 3.0%, keeps BOJ rate hike bets alive
A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 3.0% in February, data showed on Wednesday, keeping alive ...
BOJ to keep raising interest rates if economy on track, Governor Ueda says
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if economic and ...
The world’s lowest interest rate no longer belongs to Japan
The world’s lowest interest rate is longer Japan but Switzerland after the Swiss National Bank cut rates by a quarter-point.
BOJ keeps interest rates steady, warns of Trump tariff risks
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday and warned of heightening global economic uncertainty, suggesting ...
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Core inflation in Japan’s capital hits 2.4%, stays above BOJ’s target
TOKYO] Core consumer inflation in Japan’s capital stayed above the central bank’s target and accelerated in March on steady ...
Trump’s Auto Tariffs Reduce Likelihood of BOJ Rate Hike in May
The new auto tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump greatly reduce the likelihood of the Bank of Japan lifting its ...
Japan’s currency was one of the first challengers to the U.S. dollar—why 90s predictions of a ‘yen bloc’ fell apart
Journalists in the 1980s and 1990s worried about the death of dollar dominance. Paul Blustein explains why the yen failed to ...
Bank of Japan keeps rates at 0.5%, but more hikes to come say analysts
There was some good news for global borrowing costs when the Bank of Japan kept its main interest rate at 0.5% on Wednesday. Investors worldwide have for many years utilized the cheap cost of Japanese ...
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Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged at 0.5%, as widely expected
Following its third rate increase in January, the Bank of Japan held its key short-term interest rate steady at around 0.5% during its March meeting, as anticipated. The policymakers emphasized ...
Japan's core inflation hits 3% in February, keeps alive BOJ rate-hike bets
Japan's core inflation hit 3.0% in February and an index stripping away the effect of fuel rose at the fastest pace in nearly ...