The Bank of Japan is investigating an issue with its website that prevented some market participants from accessing the central bank’s closely watched rate-hike announcement on Wednesday. In the minutes …
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group all forecast record profits for the year started in April, after the country’s central bank ended its policy …
Japan’s decision to jettison negative interest rates is rich in symbolism. Deflation, which dogged the economy for a generation, has been dispatched. Workers are finally enjoying meaningful wage increases. Policymakers …
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said there will likely come a time when the country’s interest rates will begin to rise and affect the economy through various channels, according to an …
The pace of gains in Japan’s producer prices decelerated in November to the slowest in almost three years, supporting the Bank of Japan’s view that inflationary pressure is moderating. Japan’s …
The Bank of Japan has bought a total of ¥1.01 quadrillion ($6.7 trillion) worth of Japanese government bonds since embarking on its ultraeasy monetary policy about a decade ago, resulting …
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday raised its coupon rate on 10-year Japanese government bonds to 0.8%, a 10-year high, reflecting rising yields since the Bank of Japan’s recent move to …
TOKYO/WASHINGTON – The Bank of Japan should start preparing for future monetary tightening by moving away from its yield control policy, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said …
Despite inflation staying well above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target, financial markets are skeptical about whether the central bank will make any changes to its ultraeasy monetary policy at …
Japan’s consumer prices advanced at a faster clip in June in another indication of lingering stickiness in inflation ahead of next week’s Bank of Japan meeting, although economists forecast a …