Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 2.5%, marking the fastest annual pace in nearly a year, well exceeding the central bank ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Thursday that the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if ...

The Bank of Japan ... rates if "improvements in the economy and prices continue," according to a report by Reuters. Himino, ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

Further deliberations are expected to be required for the Bank of Japan to explore future interest rate hikes, with its key ...

News reports, including from Reuters, foreshadowed the Bank of Japan’s landmark exit from negative interest rates in the lead-up to the decision. So did economic ... is not in a bubble-like ...

After the collapse of asset-inflated “bubble” economy in the early ... the BOJ’s huge purchases of Japanese government bonds have pushed down long-term interest rates by about 1 percent ...

Following the BoJ’s bold moves to adjust its monetary policy, the yen rate-swap market has come alive with unprecedented activity. Since March 2024, the notional amount of JPY interest rate swaps ( ...

However, economic ... by renewed interest in foreign investors. Many had previously underweighted Japan relative to their benchmarks following the bursting of the stock market bubble in the ...