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TOKYO : The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has tweaked its bond yield control policy and will allow interest rates to rise more freely, action that market participants have interpreted as the start of a slow shift away from decades of massive…

TOKYO :Japan's core consumer inflation stayed well above the central bank's 2 per cent target in April and a key index stripping away the effects of fuel hit a fresh four-decade high, keeping alive expectations of a tweak to its massive…

TOKYO :Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank's response to cost-push inflation would depend on economic conditions."In general, dealing with cost-push inflation is very difficult for central banks. On the one…

TOKYO : Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who retires in April, said his decade-long monetary experiment that sought to shock the public out of a deflationary mindset with massive asset purchases was "half…

TOKYO :Government representatives who attended the Bank of Japan's policy meeting in December were granted a half-hour adjournment to contact their ministries, minutes showed, a sign the decision to tweak its yield control policy may have…

TOKYO: Japan's annual wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in December, data showed on Monday (Jan 16), adding to recent growing signs of inflationary pressure that could force the central bank to raise interest rates soon.…

TOKYO : The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is under pressure to change its interest rate policy as soon as Wednesday, after the central bank's attempt to buy itself breathing room backfired, emboldening bond investors to test its resolve.Unlike…

TOKYO : The Bank of Japan's decision to let long-term rates rise more has not sparked a boom in revenue from lending as the central bank has yet to end its policy of negative interest rates, the head of the country's third-largest…

TOKYO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday (Jan 4) the central bank would maintain its loose monetary policy in order to sustain inflation at its 2 per cent target along with wage growth. Kuroda's comments at a New…

TOKYO : Even as cost-push factors boost inflation, global central banks must be vigilant to the risk of "Japanification", in which their economies face prolonged low inflation and stagnation, said Bank of Japan (BOJ) Deputy Governor…