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 ...

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, ...

"Japan's financial system has been maintaining stability on the whole," the BOJ said in a semi-annual report. But since the beginning of April, "uncertainty has heightened regarding the formulation of ...

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." As Donald Trump threatens to fire Federal Reserve Chair ...

The assessment, to be included in its quarterly outlook report due on May 1, will underscore the BOJ's desire to keep alive market expectations of further interest rate hikes - even though the timing ...