The Bank of Japan's transition to clear guidance on interest rates, similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve, may be temporary due ...

EUR/JPY surges to 161.00 after flash German inflation data The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. Established under the Bank of Japan Act in 1882, it is a juridical entity and ...

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) made a significant step towards shrinking its massive balance sheet in the week of Jan 20, while market watchers were fixated on the biggest interest rate ...

Under its current guidance, the BOJ pledges to continue raising its short-term policy rate if economic and price developments move in line with its forecasts. "For the BOJ, there's really not much ...

The program’s outstanding loans stood at ¥77 trillion ($496 billion) as of Jan. 20, accounting for around 10.4% of the central bank’s overall balance sheet, according to BOJ data.

Strengthening underlying price pressures in the Tokyo inflation data could feed into the nationwide inflation data next week, reinforcing expectations that the BoJ may act sooner. Additionally, ...

The BOJ expanded QQE in October 2014 to prevent slumping ... "It would be too late to act after risks materialise, so we must act pre-emptively by seizing the right opportunity to maximise the ...

The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to hike its policy rate to at least ...

BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.