Having started along its path to normalize monetary policy in March, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may discuss nudging rates to a higher range as early as its July meeting,

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to press ahead with additional incremental rate moves further into positive territory this year even as the US Federal Reserve dampens midyear expectations

With the Bank of Japan (BOJ) barely edging out of negative rates policy this week, onlookers are shelving expectations for another move by the Bank until much later this year,

With the first of the Bank of Japan’s two-day March meeting behind it, the central bank looks all but certain to end negative rates policy tonight, with a move to

It is getting harder and harder to argue why the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would wait until April to lift rates out of negative territory when it meets next week

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) remains on track to hike its short term policy rate at the April 25-26 board meeting, for the first time in almost 20 years and

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) reiterated its patient and nimble approach to exiting negative rates and hinted for the first time publicly that its confidence is increasing that the economy will warrant a

In the countdown to its first meeting of the year, we’re doubling down our expectation for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to skip January for a policy change while it

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is targeting an April 2024 exit from negative interest rates, with a risk that the decision is brought forward to March. A January move is

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will keep policy unchanged on December 18-19 but introduce subtle language changes that will herald a likely exit from negative interest rates between January and

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) this week removed its last hurdle to ending negative interest rates and opened a window to a move to a positive policy setting between January

In the countdown to its October policy meeting, the potential for another adjustment in Yield Curve Control (YCC) is live as the Bank of Japan lays a path to an

The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) October policy meeting is shaping up to be a watershed event; a forecast round wherein improved inflation projections for 2024 and 2025 should open up

Though Japanese economic officials are scrambling to downplay comments from Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda in an interview with Yomiuri last week that appeared to open the door to a potential

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda will struggle to keep a low profile at the annual Jackson Hole central bankers confab hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

Conditions are falling into place for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to tweak Yield Curve Control (YCC) again as the central bank takes its first tangible steps toward exiting a

Universally expected to pass on another tweak to Yield Curve Control (YCC) this week, the most exciting element to come from the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) two-day meeting may be a

With Japan’s wages continuing to lag prices and core CPI likely to slow to 1.6% over the next year, newly minted Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda will be

With plenty yet to learn about how incoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda plans to extricate Japan from its greatest ever monetary easing experiment, the February 24 nomination

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) remains in no hurry to exit Yield Curve Control (YCC) and will step to the sidelines for now as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to