The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

Stronger wages have contributed to the decision by Japan's central bank to raise rates to about 0.5%. The BOJ reiterated that ...

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 ...

Inflationary risks were building up as companies continue to pass on rising raw material and labour costs, which required lifting the BOJ's policy rate to levels deemed neutral to the economy ...

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 ...

and pushed up short-term interest rates to 0.25% in July. BOJ policymakers have repeatedly said the central bank will keep raising rates, if Japan makes progress in achieving a cycle in which ...

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

Former BOJ board member Sakurai has predicted interest rates could reach 1.5% within two years, driven by economic conditions ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% on ... for the month of December alone showed a 3% rise. Another long-term concern was wage growth.

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

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 ...