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The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has revised its minimum capital requirements applicable to deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) or banks in how they classify collateral of certain assets. When a bank ...

"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 ...

The financial markets are adjusting to the likelihood of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raising interest rates sooner and to higher levels than previously anticipated, due to hawkish signals from the ...

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 ...

The book value of share holdings acquired by the BOJ stood at ¥52.8 billion ($345 million) as of Feb. 10, according to the latest BOJ report on its account. Considering the pace of its monthly ...

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 ...

BOJ Is Said to Lean Toward Holding Key Rate at March Meeting Officials said to want to mull January hike, US policy impacts Wage talk developments so far seen as within expectations ...

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If the weak yen is pushing up inflation, that would justify raising the BOJ's policy rate from the current level of 0.5 per cent, Watanabe said. Further BOJ rate hikes will somewhat narrow the ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Board Member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday, “the BoJ must gradually shift policy, even after January's rate hike, to avoid upside price risks from materialising.“ ...

"June is the favored option in my base case,” Kazuo Momma, a former executive director in charge of monetary policy at the BOJ, said in an interview Monday. "It may get pushed back to September ...