Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...
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Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
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 ...
IMF expects BOJ to raise rates again this year, eye neutral level by end-2027
The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...
Mitsubishi takes $342M hit as Japan’s offshore wind plans falter
Mitsubishi Corp (TSE: 8058) has taken a 52.2 billion yen ($342.4 million) impairment charge on its offshore wind projects, ...
U.S. News & World Report8d
Japan's Government Interest Costs to Swell More Than 50% in Next Few Years
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's annual ... back its decade-long, ultra-loose monetary policy that kept borrowing costs near zero. Last week, the central bank raised interest rates to their highest ...
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Bank of Japan raises rates to highest percent in 17 years
Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises ...
Hawkish BOJ policymaker calls for raising rates at least to 1%
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday, remarks that pushed up ...
The Associated Press - Business News on MSN13d
Bank of Japan raises interest rate to about 0.5%, citing higher wages and inflation
Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...
CNN13d
Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday ... stimulus program in March last year and pushed up short-term interest rates to 0.25% in July. BOJ policymakers have repeatedly said the ...
AOL13d
Bank of Japan raises interest rate to about 0.5%, citing higher wages and inflation
TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from ... for the month of December alone showed a 3% rise. Another long-term concern was wage growth.