Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw conditions falling into place for an imminent rate hike with one predicting a move "in ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while services inflation held steady, data showed on Friday, ...

The Summary of the Bank of Japan's December meeting revealed that policymakers discussed the possibility of a near-term rate ...

Of all the things sure to sour Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s holiday mood, foreign investors falling out of love ...

The Bank of Japan released for the first time estimates on how future interest rate hikes could affect its earnings, which ...

The buoyant dollar slipped a notch on Friday at the end of a holiday-thinned trading week, while the yen hovered near a ...

Two or three rate hikes expected this year could take the central bank's benchmark to 1% for the first time in three decades.

The BoJ’s decision in December to keep rates at the current level of 0.25 per cent had been voted against by one member. Yet the summary hinted that doubts about the very slow pace of rate rises could ...

The dollar hit new multi-month highs against the euro and the pound on Thursday (Jan 2), the first day of 2025 trading, as it ...

The estimates, disclosed on Thursday in a research paper, underscore the BOJ's resolve to keep pushing up short-term interest rates - now at 0.25% - to levels deemed neutral to the economy in ...

The summary doesn’t specify which board member gave each comment. The summary comes as BOJ watchers look for clues over the timing of the bank’s next move and the likelihood of a rate hike ...

The BOJ held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting, a move governor Kazuo Ueda explained as aimed at scrutinising more data on next year's wage momentum and clarity on the ...