Average household monthly income was 1,179,259 yen, up 7.2% in nominal terms and up 2.9% in real terms year on year. The ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain inflation ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank must maintain loose monetary policy to ensure underlying ...

BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.

The Bank of Japan’s message on gradual interest hikes has been clearly received by financial markets, Governor Kazuo Ueda ...

All outstanding loans from the central bank's fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending are expected to be wiped ...

A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

BoJ’s rate path and inflation trends to drive USD/JPY moves. Hawkish BoJ signals could push the pair toward 153.

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