Japan's three megabanks are likely to benefit further from higher local interest rates amid preparations for a potential US ...

Japan's deepening political uncertainty risks prolonging policy paralysis that could affect the drafting of next year's ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from the July monetary policy meeting, with the key findings noted ...

Japan's historic shift away from negative rates and yield curve control marks a turning point, ending decades of ultra-expansionary monetary policy. Read more about it here.

Global food prices in June were the highest since early 2023 and rose at almost 6 per cent year on year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Inflation for dairy products and food oils ...

The central bank kept its policy rate at minus-0.1%, leaving Japan as the only major economy in which the key rate remains negative. But the BOJ also loosened its policy of managing the yield of ...

July 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-low interest rates on Friday but took steps to make its yield curve control policy more flexible, underscoring growing concerns over the ...

Analysis Japan’s Big Bet on Interest Rates May Not Pay Off A vote of confidence in the future may be undercut by a lukewarm economy. By William Sposato, a Tokyo-based journalist.

The BOJ’s response to elevated inflation has historically been cautious. In Japan, zero lower bound and negative interest rates were not extraordinary COVID measures — Japan first adopted a negative ...

Bank of Japan Policy Board members voted 7-2 for a 20 basis point rise in the rate on current account balances held by financial institutions at the bank, up from -0.1% to 0.1%, effective Thursday ...

A look at how central banks are navigating the storm and why the SA Reserve Bank just made a pivotal, long-term shift in its ...

Japan's central bank should be mindful of how it ends the country's yield curve control policy, as any mismanagement could roil global markets, economist Mohamed El-Erian wrote for Bloomberg. The ...