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Ueda also said the BOJ will take "stronger steps" to whittle down monetary support if inflation overshoots its projections, signalling the chance of hiking rates sooner or more aggressively than ...

Koeda shared the same view as other senior BOJ officials on the level of real interest rates, saying that it’s “significantly” low, signaling there’s room for further rate increases.

Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday as investors mulled uncertainties brought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest ...

“The BOJ must carefully examine the impacts of the tariffs on the economy. There is no way they can finish that by the May meeting.” The US announcement Wednesday comes at a time when the BOJ ...

A separate index that excludes the effects of both fresh food and fuel costs, closely watched by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) as a broader price trend indicator, rose 2.6 per cent in February from a ...

The Bank of Japan will continue to raise its benchmark interest rate if its economic projections are realized, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said. "Although there are pockets of weakness, the economy is ...

Bank of Japan’s newly appointed board member Junko Koeda did her best to keep various options open over the timing of the central bank’s next interest rate hike as she started her five-year term.