-
Bank of Japan should lift key rate to 1% in 2nd half of FY 2025: board member
06 Feb 2025 06:35 GMT
… the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. (Mainichi)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan … Naoki Tamura came after the BOJ lifted its key short- … monetary tightening in January was Japan's third rate … easing.
Analysts expect the BOJ to raise the policy rate …
-
Bank of Japan’s rate likely to go higher than consensus, ex-official says
05 Feb 2025 08:37 GMT
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to keep raising … estimate of private economists puts Japan’s terminal rate at 1 … greater policy flexibility for the BOJ, the impacts of US President … pace in eight years.
The BOJ revised its quarterly inflation projections …
-
USD/JPY: Yen Eyes US Payrolls, Japan Household Spending Jumps
07 Feb 2025 12:53 GMT
… . On the data front, Japan’s household spending was much … US released nonfarm payrolls.
Japan’s Household Spending Hits 2 … .5-year High
Japan’s household spending has … case for the Bank of Japan to continue raising interest rates. BoJ policymakers have …
-
IMF warns of Japan's worsening fiscal deficit under minority gov't
07 Feb 2025 12:05 GMT
… Japanese authorities.
While calling the Bank of Japan's current accommodative stance … line with its expectations.
The BOJ raised its key policy rate … remaining at or above the BOJ's 2 percent target … is expected to approach the BOJ's 2 percent target …
-
Yen eyes US payrolls, Japan household spending jumps
07 Feb 2025 11:20 GMT
… . On the data front, Japan’s household spending was much … the US releases nonfarm payrolls.
Japan’s household spending hits 2 … .5-year high
Japan’s household spending has … case for the Bank of Japan to continue raising interest rates. BoJ policy makers …
-
JGB yields hit fresh multi-year highs on BOJ rate-hike bets
07 Feb 2025 07:38 GMT
… Friday on bets that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may raise interest rates … from BOJ’s board member,” said Miki Den, senior Japan rate … strategist at SMBC Nikko Securities.
BOJ’s hawkish … hike pace.
After the BOJ raised interest rates last month …
-
Yen’s weekly surge underscores growing case for a hawkish BOJ
07 Feb 2025 06:25 GMT
… added to signs that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again … . Gains gathered momentum Wednesday when Japan’s wage growth jumped by … accelerated further Thursday as a BOJ hawk said that borrowing costs …
-
Japan Q4 GDP seen growing despite weak consumption: Reuters poll
07 Feb 2025 04:03 GMT
… investment outweighed anaemic consumption.
The Bank of Japan raised short-term interest rates … rate hike schedule this year.
Japan's real gross … accounts for more than half Japan's economic output, … data from the BOJ is expected to show Japan's …
-
IMF warns Japan of spillovers from rising foreign market volatility
07 Feb 2025 01:54 GMT
… monitoring any fallout from the Bank of Japan's interest rate rises … financing needs and a shrinking BOJ balance sheet, government bond issuance … focus on price stability. The BOJ ended a decade-long, … in the BOJ's policy rate, saying Japan's …
-
Analysis-BOJ's fresh take on labour crunch opens door for more rate hikes
06 Feb 2025 22:36 GMT
… Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour … borrowing costs too much.
But BOJ policymakers are challenging that narrative … several more rate increases.
BOJ staff estimates Japan's nominal neutral …