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

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

The Bank of Japan is close to ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, with expected historical wage hikes heightening the prospect of a landmark shift away from its massive stimulus ...

The Kobeissi Letter indicated that China recorded lower interest rates for the first time in 30 years than Japan. The report ... in US/Chinese bond yields in history. The firm also cautioned ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

(Reuters) -The Bank of Japan concludes its first policy meeting ... The BOJ ended years of negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy target to 0.25% in July.

The results precede the Bank of Japan's policy meeting on Jan. 23-24, when some analysts anticipate a potential interest rate increase from the current 0.25%. An index measuring consumer sentiment ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates twice in 2025 and twice more in 2026, International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said on Friday.