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 ...

While keeping its monetary policy unchanged, the BOJ significantly revised its economic and price outlooks, which it newly presented in response to the Trump tariffs. The central bank revised down the ...

The USD/JPY outlook shows a stronger yen at the start of the week, as market participants maintain hopes for further BoJ tightening. Meanwhile, the dollar strengthened against the yen briefly on ...

BoJ shifts from hawkish to cautious, weighing on Yen and supporting further USD/JPY upside potential. Household spending and wage growth data could influence BoJ rate decisions and Yen direction ...

After the BOJ's decision on Thursday to keep interest rates steady at 0.5%, Ueda said the timing for underlying inflation to converge toward the central bank's 2% target has been "pushed back ...

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 ...

Expectations are for a slowdown in hiring to 130,000. Before then the Bank of Japan (BOJ) meets in Tokyo, with Trump's trade war throwing their slow-and-steady rate hike trajectory into question. No ...

Amid growing uncertainty over the course of the global economy in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariff policy, the BOJ is closely monitoring how the Japanese economy and prices will ...

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 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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