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Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the likelihood of raising interest rates further with some warning of upside inflation risks and the damage a weak yen could inflict on the economy, a summary of ...

Several BOJ board members pointed to a build-up of upward price pressure that could lead to an overshoot in inflation, as rising import costs from a weak yen prod more firms to hike prices ...

At the meeting, the BOJ decided to raise its target for the unsecured overnight call rate, a key interbank rate, to around 0.5% from 0.25%. On the impact of upcoming economic policy measures by U ...

This has increased demand for new financial services," said BOJ Executive Director Hirohide Kouguchi. "It is likely that there will be greater need for diversified investment of financial assets ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday that underlying inflation is still somewhat below 2%. Ueda added that the Japanese central bank would maintain an accommodative policy to ...

“I think that the BOJ has no reason to slow down the pace of interest rate hikes and will continue to raise interest rates at regular intervals.” According to economists surveyed by ...

“I think that the BOJ has no reason to slow down the pace of interest rate hikes and will continue to raise interest rates at regular intervals.” According to economists surveyed by Bloomberg, July is ...

While consumer inflation has moved above the BOJ's 2 per cent target recently, the increase was driven mostly by cost-push factors such as rising food and fuel prices that will likely dissipate ...