TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will likely keep its policy interest rate at 0.5% when the policy board meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nikkei has learned, amid growing concerns that the global economy ...

The remarks underscore the BOJ's resolve to keep raising short-term interest rates, and to allow markets to freely price in the chance of further hikes in borrowing costs. Sign up here.

TOKYO, March 14 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates steady next week and discuss just how much of a risk the escalating U.S. trade war poses to the export-reliant economy ...

as it reflects the market’s view on Japan’s economy and inflation and shifts in interest rates overseas. The BOJ is broadly aligned with those views, he said.

BOJ Is Said to Lean Toward Holding Key Rate at March Meeting Officials said to want to mull January hike, US policy impacts Wage talk developments so far seen as within expectations ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda issued a mild warning on Friday that it could increase bond buying if "abnormal" market moves trigger a sharp rise in yields, but he was reiterating the bank's pledge made ...

The remarks suggest the BOJ is sticking to its projection of a moderate economic recovery, even as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy jolts financial markets and fuels a trade war that ...

"June is the favored option in my base case,” Kazuo Momma, a former executive director in charge of monetary policy at the BOJ, said in an interview Monday. "It may get pushed back to September ...

“As a result, more BoJ hikes would further bring down the hedging cost.” Hedging costs for Japanese investors having largely fallen since October, with the Federal Reserve having lowered its ...

says former BOJ board member Makoto Sakurai. “June would be the most reasonable time to raise rates. However, it is unclear what would happen to [Prime Minister Shigeru] Ishiba’s ...

Given how much has been written about the BOJ's 'historic' rate-hiking campaign and the recent spike in JGB yields, one might think policy conditions in Japan are tightening. But that's not the case.

After a prolonged period of ultra-easy policy, the BOJ has begun raising interest rates, while the government made rare currency market interventions in 2022 and last year to boost the yen ...