TOKYO - Japan must act immediately to improve its fiscal health as the risks of natural disasters mount and social security ...

The BOJ's increasing focus on wage-driven inflation is another sign Japan is shedding its 25-year battle with deflation and ...

The yuan sank as a new trade war with the US shook Chinese markets returning from an extended Lunar New Year break, while the ...

In Japan, the yen was last a touch stronger at 154.19 per dollar, having already climbed more than 1% for the week thus far.

Some Bank of Japan policymakers began to lose faith in the power of former Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's "bazooka" stimulus less ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Global economic policymakers had been braced for an economic firestorm from the new U.S. administration ...

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

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy ...

The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a guideline for money market operations in inter-meeting periods and this guideline is written in terms of a ...

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 ...

The divergent BoJ-Fed policy expectations should help limit ... around the equity markets – undermines the safe-haven JPY and acts as a tailwind for the USD/JPY pair in the absence of any ...

Nomura's Willcox on Tariffs, Strong Dollar, BOJ Moves Posted: 21 January 2025 | Last updated: 21 January 2025 Nomura Head of Wholesale Chris Willcox, discusses Trump tariffs, inflation and holding ...