BoJ rate hike speculation intensifies as Governor Ueda hints at pivotal January meeting on monetary policy. USD/JPY faces volatility ahead of BoJ decision; trade, inflation, and PMI data likely to ...

ING's economist covering Japan, Min Joo Kang, has been highlighting the risk of a January BoJ hike for a while – largely because the wage data has been coming in on the strong side. A 25bp hike ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to hold their monetary meeting across 23 – 24 January 2025. Market expectations are increasingly focused on a 25 basis point (bp) rate hike by the BoJ at its upcoming ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda sent a fresh reminder to bankers that he’s going to raise the benchmark rate if the economy continues to improve this year. “Our stance is that we will raise ...

However, the BoJ and December’s Summary of Opinions failed to provide clear signals. While some board members supported a December hike, Governor Ueda emphasized the need for more wage growth ...

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“There seems to be a widespread view that the BOJ raising rates two more times this year wouldn’t be considered monetary-policy tightening given the current level of interest rates,” said ...

The remarks underscore the BOJ's resolve to keep pushing up short-term rates from the current 0.25 per cent next year. Most analysts expect the bank to raise rates to 0.5 per cent in January or March.

The nine-member board shared the view that the BOJ would continue to raise interest rates if its economic and price projections are met, the minutes showed. But many members also stressed the need ...

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks pared early losses and rose on Thursday, although persistent concerns over slowing economic growth and higher interest rates kept markets volatile and still ...