The yen climbed to a nine-week high as market players piled on bets for more interest rate hikes in Japan this year, while ...

SINGAPORE--A week ago Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007 in a move that marked a historic shift in monetary policy ... A weaker yen is a boon for Japanese exporters ...

In a speech to business leaders, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

As expectations rise that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at the monetary policy meeting scheduled for this week, attention is focusing on the possibility of a reoccurrence of the yen ...

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The Japanese yen has been in great shape lately due to hawkish monetary policy. Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust FXY has added 3.2% so far this year and about 1% over the past week. More ...

Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity conditions for its financial institutions, the International Monetary Fund said on ...

The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to ...

Japan’s central bank has hiked interest rates as expected to a 17-year high as it continues on a path to normalise its monetary policy ... keeping the yen weak. “Many investors, in ...

The Bank of Japan increased interest rates ... "the bank will accordingly continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust the degree of monetary accommodation", it added.