The BOJ will announce the new study, which will be part of its quarterly Tankan business sentiment survey, later this fiscal year and begin it in 2027 at the earliest, the sources told Kyodo News. To ...

It was the first time in two years for the BOJ’s government bond holdings to hit a record, according to its financial statements for fiscal 2022 released on May 29. The government bond holdings ...

Last week brought clarity with two major elections, an interest rate decision, CPI news, and the latest U.S. employment figures. Both Canada and Australia saw re-elections, as Prime Ministers Mark ...

It was the first board meeting since Washington announced a wave of "reciprocal" tariffs in early April. The BOJ also stood pat at its March gathering following a 25-basis-point hike in January.

While core consumer inflation forecasts were also reduced, the BOJ anticipates inflation to remain around 2% through fiscal year 2028, suggesting potential rate hikes will continue. Markets are ...

The yen fell 0.3% to 143.48 after the Bank of Japan held its rate at 0.5%. The BoJ delayed its inflation target and warned of downside price risks. Kazuo Ueda gave no rate hike timeline as traders ...

The BOJ has now held policy steady for the second straight meeting as the board continued to assess the potential impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Japan’s export-driven economy.

As widely expected, the BOJ kept short-term interest rates steady at 0.5 per cent by a unanimous vote. Given growing headwinds from higher U.S. tariffs, the board slashed its economic growth and ...

The stalled US-Japan trade talks and ongoing US-China tensions remain a drag on Japan’s economic outlook, making it more difficult for the BoJ to move towards policy normalization, IG analyst said in ...

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The Nikkei share average extended gains to rise as much as 1% after the policy announcement. "The BOJ's downward revisions to the GDP outlooks for FY2025 and FY2026 were larger than we had ...

Bloomberg Ex-BoJ's Wakatabe, Amundi's Ishihara On Japan Outlook Posted: 1 May 2025 | Last updated: 1 May 2025 Masazumi Wakatabe, Former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor, and Hiromi Ishihara, Head of ...