Ueda also said the BOJ will take "stronger steps" to whittle down monetary support if inflation overshoots its projections, signalling the chance of hiking rates sooner or more aggressively than ...

Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda on Thursday emphasized the importance of central bank independence in maintaining economic ...

Ueda said he will take into account the findings from his dialogue with global policymakers in constructing the BOJ's assessment on Japan's economy, and setting monetary policy. "We will continue ...

In an April 14-21 poll, 84% of economists, or 47 of 56, forecast no change to interest rates at the BOJ's next two policy meetings on April 30-May 1 and June 16-17. Only 52% of economists ...

Wants to focus on sustainably, stably achieving BOJ's 2% inflation target. At the time of writing, USD/JPY is trading 0.11% higher on the day to trade at 142.77. The Bank of Japan (BoJ ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan is expected to keep the policy interest rate at 0.5% at monetary policy meetings this week, as an unpredictable trade policy in Washington leads to uncertainty about the ...

"When prices of goods people buy frequently keep rising for so long, central banks need to act. I'm sure the BOJ is very mindful of the risk of leaving food inflation unattended." ...

TOKYO–Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated Wednesday that bond yields should be determined freely in the market, suggesting that the central bank doesn’t have any immediate plans to ...

Against this backdrop, the BOJ is projected to consider lowering its fiscal 2025 growth forecast for the Japanese economy, which stood at 1.1 pct in its latest Outlook for Economic Activity and ...

The exchange-traded funds (ETFs) owned by the BOJ are collectively worth 4.3 trillion yen more than the figure for the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which was the largest shareholder ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said on Monday it will reduce purchases of super-long bonds for the first time since embarking on a quantitative tightening (QT) plan last year, taking another ...