The Japanese economy is cooperating with the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) plans to continue to raise interest rates and while we continue to expect an October hike to 50 bps,

Japanese Prime Minister Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision to step aside as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is unlikely to alter the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ)

Be careful not to mistake an upcoming round of more muted prognostications about future policy moves by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) as backtracking. Market turmoil may soften the BOJ’s

July 31, 2024  In a bold policy meeting decision that reflects the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has taken cues from prior timid moves that disappointed financial markets, the central bank

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