The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as projected ...

Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the likelihood of raising interest rates further with some warning of upside inflation ...

Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the likelihood of raising interest rates further with some warning of upside inflation ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to triple its policy rate to at least 1.5% in the next two years, former BOJ board member ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

The Bank of Japan is holding a policy meeting from Thursday, with attention on whether it will raise interest rates again for ...

The board decided to raise the BOJ's short-term policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25% by an 8-1 vote. Board member Toyoaki Nakamura dissented to the decision. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is scheduled to hold a ...

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The Bank of Japan is likely to wait until the summer before it next raises interest rates, according to a survey of economists. Some 56% of 45 BOJ watchers expect the next hike to come in July ...

The BOJ made no change to its guidance on future policy, saying that it will continue to raise interest rates if its economic and price forecasts are realized. "Their logic remains the same.

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years, after consumer price rises ...