Japan voters punish PM Ishiba, election result unclear
Japan's ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday's general election suggested, ...
Japan's Nikkei and yen set to lurch on political uncertainty
Japanese stocks and the yen are expected to fall while longer-dated domestic government bond yields are seen rising as exit ...
BOJ may offer less dovish signs as US recession fears ease, rates on hold
The Bank of Japan is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates next week, and probably signal a less dovish policy outlook due ...
Core inflation in Japan's capital slips below BOJ's target
Core inflation in Japan's capital in October dipped below the central bank's 2% target for the first time in five months, ...
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Tokyo Consumer Inflation Slows Below Bank of Japan’s Target
The consumer price index for the Tokyo metropolitan area rose 1.8% in October from a year earlier.
Bank of Japan Expected To Hold Steady At October Meeting
Recent data suggests that upward pressure remains on underlying inflation, but the Bank of Japan is likely to extend its wait ...
BOJ Watchers See No October Move With Half Expecting December
The Bank of Japan is expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged next week before raising it in December or ...
Bank of Japan’s Kazuo Ueda: ‘Very Hard’ to Gauge Size of Future Rate Increases
Uncertainty about an interest-rate level that would neither restrain nor stimulate the economy makes it difficult to judge ...
IMF Expects More BOJ Hikes, With Greater Confidence on Inflation
The International Monetary Fund is gaining confidence over the sustainability of Japan’s inflation, and expects the Bank of ...
Bad Polls for Japan’s Ruling Coalition May Cloud BOJ Rate Path
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition is continuing to soften in the runup to this coming ...
Japanese Yen Weekly Forecast: BoJ Rate Decision and U.S. Jobs Report Set USD/JPY Path
USD/JPY rises with BoJ rate path and U.S. labor data set to shape trends. A hawkish BoJ or dovish Fed could push the pair ...
Bank of Japan’s December cut on knife-edge
By December, the BoJ will have additional data points, including October and November inflation, that will help it gain confidence about the trajectory of the “wage-price virtuous cycle”. If the data ...