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TOKYO -- Downward pressure on the yen is easing as Japan's policy rate has surpassed Switzerland's for the first time in two years, reducing the appeal of yen carry trades. The Japanese currency ...

Japan’s core inflation rate, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, slowed to 3% in February from 3.2% in January, but still exceeded forecasts of 2.9%. This marked the second ...

The data came in the wake of Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda's warning, made after its decision to keep interest rates steady on Wednesday, that rising food costs and stronger-than ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 3% in ... target and reinforcing market expectations of further interest rate hikes. The increase in the core consumer price index (CPI ...

REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File photo Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s core inflation rate decelerated in February, government data showed Friday, with prices excluding fresh food rising 3.0 ...

"The strength in underlying inflation in February suggests that the Bank of Japan could hike rates at its next meeting in May but we still expect that uncertainty over the impact of US tariffs ...