The Bank of Japan (BOJ) seems likely to hike rates this month on further confirmation that rising prices are being passed through to consumers alongside continued wage gains, bringing the
Under immense political pressure to arrest the yen’s slide, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has little option but to deliver dual policy announcements at its late July meeting that include
Scrambling to restore market faith in its intention to normalize policy, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will hike rates next month at the same time as it details the pace
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will likely announce plans this week to scale back government bond purchases and lay the ground for another rate increase as early as next month.
Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda will ramp up his hawkish rhetoric around the prospect of a further near term rate move in an upcoming speech after two bouts
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to nudge up its official inflation projections to around 2% for each of the three fiscal years (Apr-Mar) in fresh forecasts to be
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