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BOJ’s policy pivot opens scope for faster rate hikes
TOKYO, Sept 30 : The Bank of Japan expects interest rate increases to happen faster and more regularly in future as it pre-empts risks of an inflation overshoot, sources said, enhancing the importance of data due this week in gauging the timing of its next move.Any sign of heightening corporate inflation expe
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Bank of Japan debated need for faster rate hikes, July minutes show
TOKYO, Sept 28 : Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to focus on mounting inflation risks, with some calling for faster interest rate increases, minutes of their July meeting showed, cementing the case for further hikes to still-low borrowing costs.After raising interest rates in June, the central ba
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BOJ could raise rates every quarter, ex-policymaker says
TOKYO, Sept 24 : The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates roughly once every three months and push them up to 2 per cent by around June next year to combat mounting inflationary pressures, former bank board member Makoto Sakurai said on Thursday.In raising interest rates to a 31-year high of 1.25
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Bank of Japan set to raise interest rates to 31-year high
TOKYO, Sept 18 : The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates to a 31-year high on Friday and pledge to deliver more to counter inflation risks, which may heighten if the start of a U.S. rate-hike cycle weakens the yen against the dollar.The widely expected move would be the first hike in…
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BOJ set to raise interest rates to 31-year high as inflation risks loom
TOKYO, Sept 16 : The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates to a 31-year high on Friday and signal readiness to keep pushing up borrowing costs, joining other major central banks in fighting persistent inflation pressures driven by soaring oil costs.The move would be the first hike in three months and t
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Analysis:Yen rally faces moment of truth as BOJ risks disappointing markets
TOKYO, Sept 15 : The fate of the sharpest yen rally in 18 months rests on the Bank of Japan breaking free of its cautious rate-hiking path, though it risks a sharp reversal if the currency again succumbs to the forces that dragged it to 40-year lows in July.A sudden, more hawkish tone to central…
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BOJ set to lift rates next week but offer few clues on terminal, sources say
TOKYO, Sept 11 : The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates next week, most likely by 25 basis points, and may signal faster future tightening if price pressures heighten risks of an inflation overshoot, said four sources familiar with its thinking.A hike to 1.25 per cent would bring the BOJ’s policy ra
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BOJ policymaker warns of price risks that may trigger rapid rate hikes
FUKUI, Japan, Sept 10 : The Bank of Japan may eventually be forced to raise interest rates rapidly if inflation accelerates given the country’s loose financial conditions, board member Kazuyuki Masu said, warning of price risks that solidify the chance of a September hike.In a closely watched speech ahead of
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BOJ to raise rates to 1.25% this month, reach 1.75% faster than expected: Reuters poll
TOKYO, Sept 10 : The Bank of Japan will hike interest rates to 1.25 per cent on September 18 and then to 1.75 per cent in the second quarter of 2027 — earlier than previously thought — a Reuters poll showed, amid persistent concerns over broadening price pressures and yen weakness.More than 80 per cent…
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Analysis:Why the BOJ will bet small on rate hikes now to avoid a bigger shock later
TOKYO, Sept 8 : The last time Japan’s central bank lifted its main policy rate half a percentage point, prices were so hot the land the Imperial Palace sat on was said to be worth more than the combined real estate of California.That was 1989, the peak of Japan’s asset bubble that popped soon after,…
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