TOKYO : The Bank of Japan's meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary pressures had an ...

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TOKYO — The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary pressures had an ...

TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if its underlying inflation target is likely to be achieved ...

"Some members shared the recognition that real interest rates were expected to remain significantly negative even if the BOJ decided to raise the policy interest rate at this meeting, and that ...

The BOJ lifted its policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25% at that meeting. Some of the nine-member policy board said they thought consumer inflation, excluding volatile fresh food, is likely to be in the ...

The veteran head of markets at one of Japan’s largest banks sees the potential for the central bank to raise benchmark interest rates to a three-decade high of 2% if economic trends persist.

The yen weakened to 150.95 in the Asian... USD/JPY Declines as BoJ Core CPI Climbs to 2.2% By Kenny Fisher - Feb 26, 2025 The Japanese yen is slightly lower on Wednesday. In the North American ...