While the tight labour market is not a new trend, the BOJ's more vocal concerns about the resulting wage and inflationary pressures mean it will be more inclined to look past economic weakness as ...

A hawkish member of the Bank of Japan’s policy board on Thursday called for potentially faster interest-rate increases, sending the yen to its strongest level against the dollar in eight weeks ...

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 ...

Market participants are pricing 30-bps of BoJ rate hikes by the end of this year. The yen strengthened due to safe-haven demand amid fears of a trade war between the US and China. The USD/JPY price ...

An official at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said on Wednesday that the “BoJ sees underlying inflation gradually heading toward 2%.” Price rises post-pandemic have been driven mostly by cost-push ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping it on track for further tightening steps. Nominal ...

As such, we must support economic activity with loose monetary policy," Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BOJ's monetary affairs department, told parliament. "Having said that, we will ...

Wage trends continue to face market scrutiny even after the BOJ’s latest decision to raise borrowing costs, as they could influence the timeline of future rate hikes. Last month the central bank ...

Concerns about Trump’s policy, global trade terms, and the potential impact on the Japanese economy could signal a more cautious BoJ policy stance. Under this scenario, the BoJ could delay ...

Ueda said the BOJ’s policy settings are still accommodative after recent rate hikes and that would remain the case as the central bank continues to support the inflation trend. The governor said ...

TOKYO–An uptick in inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area and solid outturns in other key Japanese economic data support the Bank of Japan’s plan to pursue more interest-rate increases ...

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) made a significant step towards shrinking its massive balance sheet in the week of Jan 20, while market watchers were fixated on the biggest interest rate ...