TOKYO -- Japan's political turmoil has led Bank of Japan watchers to largely rule out an interest rate hike at the central bank's upcoming October meeting, but an increase at one of the BOJ's winter ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, who is set to become Japan’s new prime minister, will likely tolerate another 25-basis-point interest rate hike by January next year if the economy is in firm shape, ...

Lallalit Srijandorn is a Parisian at heart. She has lived in France since 2019 and now becomes a digital entrepreneur based in Paris and Bangkok. Gold surrenders its initial gains and now recedes ...

Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 2.6% in August, fueling dovish BoJ expectations and weighing on yen sentiment. A softer labor market could weaken wage growth, consumer spending, and demand-driven ...

THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) held its key interest rate steady on Tuesday, striking a hawkish tone as it prioritised robust economic growth and underlying price pressures over market expectations for an ...

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japanese companies expect consumer prices to rise an average 2.4% a year from now, unchanged from their projection three months ago, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan board member, known for his dovish stance on monetary policy, said Monday the need to adjust the central bank's policy interest rate is "increasing more than ever," ...

TOKYO :The Bank of Japan will probably raise its benchmark interest rate at least four more times to 1.5 per cent before Governor Kazuo Ueda's term ends in early 2028, former central bank board member ...

A large overhang that threatened the Japanese equity market is being removed with the Bank of Japan laying out a century-long plan to offload its massive holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) plans to start unwinding its exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings, in a process that could take more than a century to complete. As at mid-September, the BOJ held about 79.5 ...

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan decided on Friday (Sep 19) to start selling its holdings of risky assets and two board members voted against keeping interest rates steady, suggesting the bank would phase out ...