The combined balance of Japanese government bonds, borrowings and financing bills swelled by ¥7.2 trillion from the end of ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering,” BOJ ...

WHAT IS JAPAN'S NEUTRAL RATE? In its quarterly outlook report ... Ueda dismantled his predecessor's radical stimulus programme in March last year, and pushed up short-term interest rates to 0.25% in ...

A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.

Japan's annual interest payments on government debt could surge more than 50% over the next few years, government estimates ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

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TOKYO: Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda has raised interest rates to the highest ... Ueda and his board hiked the overnight policy rate to 0.5% last Friday in a move that was almost ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises ...