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BOJ may raise interest rates twice by March, says ex-BOJ policymaker
TOKYO, June 19 : The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates twice by the end of the current fiscal year, after making a landmark shift in its policy focus toward mounting inflation risk, former board member Makoto Sakurai said on Friday.The central bank justified Tuesday’s decision to raise its short-term pol
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BOJ flags risk of inflation overshoot, signals rate-hike intent
TOKYO, June 19 : Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Friday said inflation could overshoot the bank’s 2 per cent target and flagged the cost of being too late in raising interest rates, signalling resolve to continue pushing up borrowing costs.The remarks reinforce market expectations the BOJ will r
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Analysis:BOJ deputy’s brief moment at the helm reveals deeper inflation anxiety
TOKYO, June 17 : When the Bank of Japan’s second-in-charge stepped in for his sick boss at this week’s historic policy meeting, he delivered a surprisingly blunt message: The bank was in danger of falling behind the curve on inflation.Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida, a career central banker seen as among pros
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Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high
TOKYO, June 16 : The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high on Tuesday, marking another landmark step in normalising monetary policy as it focused on taming price pressures from the energy shock caused by the Iran war.The hike was the first since December and aligns the BOJ with other central b
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Japan raises interest rate to highest since 1995
The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.
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Bank of Japan set to raise rates to 31-year high, vow further increases
TOKYO, June 16 : The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates to a 31-year high on Tuesday, marking another landmark step in normalising monetary policy as it focuses on taming price pressures from the energy shock caused by the Iran war.The decision would mark a more aggressive approach by the BOJ in…
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Analysis:Why an Iran peace deal won’t pull the yen back from the brink
TOKYO, June 15 : War in the Middle East pushed the yen to the brink of multi-decade lows and prompted the government to prop it up – a peace deal, however, won’t pull it back from the precipice.Stocks and bonds soared on Monday on news of the planned Iran-U.S. halt to a war that has…
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Iran peace deal won’t change BOJ’s rate-hike plans, ex-central bank economist says
TOKYO, June 15 : A peace agreement between the United States and Iran likely won’t change the Bank of Japan’s expected move to deliver two interest rate hikes this year, the central bank’s former top economist Seisaku Kameda said on Monday.With price pressures on the rise, the BOJ is set to proceed with a muc
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Bank of Japan set to hike rates to 31-year high, drop hawkish signals
TOKYO, June 12 : The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates to a 31-year high next week and signal its readiness to keep pushing up borrowing costs, undeterred by the absence of its governor as it focuses on countering inflation risks from the Middle East war.The decision would align the BOJ with…
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BOJ set to raise key rate to 1.0% in June, 1.25% by year-end: Reuters poll
TOKYO, June 10 : The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate this month and again in the fourth quarter, taking borrowing costs to 1.25 per cent by year-end, as it grows more wary of inflation risks than downside hazards to the economy, a Reuters poll of economists showed.BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda all…
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