"Inflation is approaching the BOJ's 2% target with positive corporate behaviour already observed," Takata said in a speech, adding the BOJ must be mindful of upside risks to inflation. "It's ...

While he declined to say how soon the BOJ could raise rates, Uchida essentially ruled out another hike at the bank's next meeting on March 18-19 by saying it "wasn't as if we would hike rates at ...

On the final day of its two-day policy board meeting, the BOJ also decided to halve its monthly purchase of government bonds to about 3 trillion yen ($19 billion) by the first quarter of 2026.

The central bank’s government bond purchases nearly doubled from the previous year to 135.989 trillion yen in the year through March 2023, BOJ statistics showed on April 3. During the period ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities said on Monday it now expects the BOJ to raise interest rates to 0.75% in July from 0.5% currently, instead of in October-December. It also pushed forward ...

BOJ can raise rates at pace in line with expectations Uchida says it 'wasn't as if we would hike every meeting' Uchida upbeat on Japan's economy, consumption, wages Global economic outlook 'highly ...