Wall Street surged early Thursday with a string of major U.S. companies posting strong quarterly earnings in an economic ...

The first estimate of U.S. first-quarter gross domestic product and jobs data for April will be closely watched as investors look for evidence of how much President Trump’s tariff plans have ...

Loading Ueda said he will take into account the findings from his dialogue with global policymakers in constructing the BOJ's assessment on Japan's economy, and setting monetary policy.

Tokyo Inflation Surges, Putting BoJ and USD/JPY in Focus On Friday, April 25, Tokyo’s inflation figures raised pressure on the Bank of Japan to consider hiking rates, weighing on the USD/JPY pair.

Wants to focus on sustainably, stably achieving BOJ's 2% inflation target. At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading 0.11% higher on the day to trade at 142.77. The Bank of Japan (BoJ ...

Ueda said he will take into account the findings from his dialogue with global policymakers in constructing the BOJ's assessment on Japan's economy, and setting monetary policy. "We will continue ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will hold its monetary policy meeting on 30 April – 1 May 2025. After raising short-term interest rates by 25 basis points (bp) to 0.50% in January and standing pat in March, ...

In an April 14-21 poll, 84 per cent of economists, or 47 of 56, forecast no change to interest rates at the BOJ's next two policy meetings on April 30-May 1 and June 16-17. Only 52 per cent of ...

Borrowing – the difference between total public sector spending and income – was £16.4 billion in March 2025; this was £2.8 billion more than in March 2024 and the third-highest ...

In an April 14-21 poll, 84% of economists, or 47 of 56, forecast no change to interest rates at the BOJ's next two policy meetings on April 30-May 1 and June 16-17. Only 52% of economists, 27 of 52, ...