While the tight labour market is not a new trend, the BOJ's more vocal concerns about the resulting wage and inflationary pressures mean it will be more inclined to look past economic weakness as ...

A hawkish member of the Bank of Japan’s policy board on Thursday called for potentially faster interest-rate increases, sending the yen to its strongest level against the dollar in eight weeks ...

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Market participants are pricing 30-bps of BoJ rate hikes by the end of this year. The yen strengthened due to safe-haven demand amid fears of a trade war between the US and China. The USD/JPY price ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping it on track for further tightening steps. Nominal ...

As such, we must support economic activity with loose monetary policy," Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BOJ's monetary affairs department, told parliament. "Having said that, we will ...

Wage trends continue to face market scrutiny even after the BOJ’s latest decision to raise borrowing costs, as they could influence the timeline of future rate hikes. Last month the central bank ...

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Concerns about Trump’s policy, global trade terms, and the potential impact on the Japanese economy could signal a more cautious BoJ policy stance. Under this scenario, the BoJ could delay ...

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The BOJ kept interest rates steady at the Dec. 18-19 meeting on the view it needed more time to scrutinise wage developments and U.S. economic policy. It raised rates to 0.5 per cent from 0.25 per ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members shared their views on the monetary policy outlook on Wednesday, per the BoJ Minutes of the December meeting. The BoJ maintained the uncollateralized overnight ...