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Yen jumps on BOJ hike bets, dollar slips on Waller comments
NEW YORK, Sept 3 : The yen jumped by 2 per cent against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as traders ramped up bets on a Bank of Japan interest rate hike, while analysts pointed to BOJ data showing no official intervention behind the currency’s strong gains on Wednesday.The dollar, meanwhile, added to losses after
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BOJ chief vows to keep raising rates, debate price risks this month
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Sept 1 : Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates as financial conditions remain accommodative, and debate this month whether upside inflation risks were heightening.With underlying inflation quite close to the BOJ’s 2
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Bessent urges BOJ chief to combat weak yen with ‘decisive’ monetary steps
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Sept 1 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent voiced strong support for “decisive” monetary steps to combat yen weakness in a meeting with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, the Treasury Department said, cementing the case for a Japanese rate hike this month.In a meeting with Ueda,
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Bessent urges BOJ chief to conduct ‘sound’ policy to avoid yen volatility
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Sept 1 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to conduct sound monetary policy to anchor inflation expectations and avoid excessive yen volatility, the Treasury Department said, cementing the case for a Japanese rate hike this month.In a meet
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Analysis:Japan faces day of policy reckoning as Bessent calls time on big stimulus
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 : When the U.S. joined Japan’s efforts to shore up the yen, it wasn’t for nothing. This week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spelt out the terms: get busy on interest rate hikes and end outdated ideas about big economic stimulus.A month after a rare joint U.S.-Japan in
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Bessent expects Japan to take action to boost yen, signals BOJ rate-hike chance
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he believes Japan’s government and central bank will take action that leads to a stronger yen, CNBC reported on Monday, signaling a strong chance of a Bank of Japan interest rate hike in September.The remarks followed those by Bess
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BOJ deputy chief calls for timely rate hike, focus on inflation risk
URAWA, Japan, Aug 27 : Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Thursday stressed the need for timely interest rate hikes with a focus on the risk of an inflation overshoot, reinforcing dominant market expectations for a near-term increase in borrowing costs.But he refrained from giving explicit signals
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BOJ chief Ueda to skip Jackson Hole, shifts market focus to G20
TOKYO, Aug 26 : Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura will attend the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week on behalf of Governor Kazuo Ueda, the central bank said on Wednesday. Ueda will not attend the conclave this week due to scheduling conflicts, the BOJ said. There
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BOJ to speed up its tightening campaign, raise key rate to 1.25% in September: Reuters poll
TOKYO, Aug 26 : The Bank of Japan will move more swiftly than previously expected and raise interest rates again in September, a majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, with the terminal rate also likely to be higher.Poll results reflect in part the Japanese central bank’s growing wariness about inflat
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A date on the calendar could shape the BOJ’s endgame on interest rates
TOKYO, Aug 21 : The Bank of Japan has set next year’s July policy meeting just in time for its two hawkish board members to vote before their five-year terms expire, a scheduling quirk that could prove crucial for how high Japanese interest rates may ultimately rise.Under a calendar of next year’s scheduled p
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