Governor Kazuo Ueda has signalled the bank's readiness to keep raising rates as inflation-adjusted real borrowing costs ...

Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw scope to resume interest rate increases once trade friction caused by U.S. tariffs eased, ...

As speculation mounts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates later this year, there’s a growing risk that required ...

Masahiko Loo of State Street Investment Management describes the Bank of Japan's cautious approach to its rate hiking cycle.

Japan must balance its budget and push the central bank to raise interest rates to alleviate concern over the country's ...

"Given high uncertainties, the BOJ would likely pause rate hikes for the time being. But it also must respond flexibly and ...

The S&P Global Japan Services PMI rose to 53.6 in July 2025, slightly above the flash estimate of 53.5 and up from 51.7 in ...

Bank of Japan watchers brought forward their forecast for when they expect the next interest rate hike, after clarity over ...

The central bank held its overnight call rate target steady at 0.5%, where it has remained since its last hike in January.

UBS has revised its forecast for the Bank of Japan, now expecting 25 basis point rate hikes in December 2025 and June 2026, earlier than its previous projection for the next hike in the second half of ...

The Bank of Japan ((BOJ)) unanimously decided to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate at 0.5% in its July meeting.

A few Bank of Japan board members said in June that the central bank would likely consider resuming interest rate hikes if ...