BOJ to keep rates low, any change to policy will be gradual – ex-board member
By Leika Kihara and Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI – The Bank of Japan won’t make any quick or drastic changes to its monetary policy framework and is likely to keep interest…
By Leika Kihara and Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI – The Bank of Japan won’t make any quick or drastic changes to its monetary policy framework and is likely to keep interest…
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan’s new board member Naoki Tamura said on Monday an exit from the central bank’s ultra-easy monetary policy will become a focus of discussion once…
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan raised its inflation forecast on Thursday, but maintained ultra-low interest rates and warned of risks to the economic outlook in a sign it will…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to reiterate its resolve next week to keep monetary policy ultra-loose and remain a dovish outlier as many…
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for seven of the country’s nine regions on Monday, saying most areas were seeing damage from the COVID-19 pandemic subside.…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – The Bank of Japan may adjust its ultra-loose monetary policy before dovish Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s term ends next April, if the economy…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may need to adjust its ultra-easy policy if inflation keeps exceeding its forecast, such as by replacing…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the central bank should maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy, brushing aside opposition calls that the…
By Tom Westbrook and Alun John SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -Japan’s government bond market is being pushed to breaking point in a contest between foreign speculators and the Bank of Japan, creating…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he expected the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to stick to a 2% inflation target, when…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japan may see inflationary pressure build as more companies shift away from a business model that worked under a prolonged period of deflation, Bank of Japan…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -The Bank of Japan must maintain its massive monetary stimulus as inflation has yet to sustainably achieve its 2% target, deputy governor Masazumi Wakatabe said on…
TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer inflation will likely stay around 2% through this fiscal year but the pace will slow in the next year from April 2023, Bank of Japan…
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan included information on measures it is taking to combat climate change, such as figures on its energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, as part…
TOKYO – Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday the country’s core consumer inflation will likely remain around the central bank’s 2% target for 12 months unless…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday the central bank can execute a smooth exit from its ultra-loose monetary policy, though doing so…
TOKYO – A Bank of Japan board member and prominent economists tasked with analysing price trends at a BOJ-sponsored workshop agreed that energy-price inflation should be countered with non-monetary steps…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – The Bank of Japan must maintain current monetary stimulus to create sustainable increases in prices, corporate profits, jobs and wages, its deputy governor said on…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – Japan needs a faster “third arrow” growth strategy focussing on promoting a carbon-neutral society, including by creating a financial hub in Tokyo…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -A Bank of Japan policymaker said it was inappropriate to change monetary policy for the purpose of controlling exchange rates, a summary of opinions at the…
TOKYO – Japan’s consumer inflation will continue to face upward pressure later this year from rising electricity bills and food prices, as the recent surge in commodity prices hits the…
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan maintained its massive stimulus on Thursday and pledged to continue buying unlimited amounts of 10-year government bonds to defend its implicit 0.25% cap, signalling…
TOKYO – Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be “clearly wrong” for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to curb further declines in the yen,…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – The Bank of Japan is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates on Thursday and hold off from major tweaks to its dovish policy guidance, as…
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) should revise its yield curve control (YCC) policy or scrap it if the benchmark Japanese government bond (JGB) yield keeps…