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BOJ Governor Ueda's Comments at News Conference
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 21:27 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus. The shift makes Japan the last central bank to exit negative rates and...


BOJ Hikes Interest Rates for First Time Since 2007, Hitting Yen
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 18:02 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan pulled the curtain on the most aggressive monetary easing program in modern history by ending the world’s last negative interest rate along with its yield curve control mechanism, a widely expected move that weakened the yen. The central bank set a new policy rate range of...


BOJ Is Said to See Little Need to End Minus Rate Next Week
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 00:24 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan officials see little need to rush into scrapping the world’s last negative interest rate this month as they have yet to see enough evidence of wage growth that would support sustainable inflation, according to people familiar with the matter. That’s an indication the central bank is...


BOJ's Ueda Stresses Need to Maintain Ultra-Loose Policy
Friday, 17 November 2023 15:46 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will "patiently" maintain ultra-loose monetary policy as sustained achievement of its 2% inflation target is not yet in sight. Ueda said Japan's economy was recovering moderately with consumption and capital expenditure continuing...


BOJ’s Ueda Reiterates Gradual Progress Toward Price Goal Seen
Monday, 6 November 2023 18:35 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda continued to cautiously hint that gradual progress is being made toward achieving the bank’s inflation target, in a largely dovish policy message that leaves open the door as to when it may come time for normalization.  “The likelihood of realizing...


BOJ Decision to Allow Yields to Edge Higher Sparks Yen Move
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 17:30 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan adjusted its stimulus to allow long-term yields to edge higher while raising its inflation projections, moves that signal it is likely inching closer toward policy normalization. The yen weakened against the dollar.   The BOJ will take a more flexible approach to...


Bank of Japan Leaves Rates Unchanged, Maintaining Ultra-Loose Monetary Policy
Friday, 22 September 2023 16:49 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Japan’s central bank maintained its ultra-loose policy and left rates unchanged on Friday, mindful of the “extremely high uncertainties” on the growth outlook domestically and globally. In a policy statement after its September policy meeting, the Bank of Japan said it would maintain short-term...


BOJ Policymaker Calls for Keeping Ultra-Easy Policy for Now
Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:02 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan policymaker Junko Nakagawa said on Thursday the central bank must maintain ultra-loose monetary policy for the time being due to uncertainty over prospects for achieving the bank's 2% inflation target in a sustainable fashion. An increasing number of Japanese companies were raising...


BOJ's Policy Tweak Not Prelude to Exit From Ultra-Low Rates-Deputy Gov
Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:13 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan's decision last week to tweak its bond yield control policy was aimed at making its massive stimulus more sustainable, not a prelude to an exit from ultra-low interest rates, its deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said on Wednesday. Uchida also said there was still a long way to go...


BOJ Takes Steps to Make YCC More Flexible, Keeps Ultra-Low Rates
Friday, 28 July 2023 17:52 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-low interest rates on Friday but took steps to make its yield curve control policy more flexible, underscoring a growing concern over the rising side-effects of prolonged monetary easing. At the two-day meeting that ended on Friday, the central bank kept...


Ueda Says BOJ Policy Justified by Weak Core Inflation Below 2%
Thursday, 29 June 2023 04:03 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said that a weak pace of underlying inflation is reason enough for monetary policy to stay ultra loose even as the rest of the world tightens aggressively.  Speaking alongside counterparts from the US, the euro zone and the UK, the recently...


BOJ Governor Ueda's Comments at News Conference
Friday, 16 June 2023 21:17 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained ultra-easy monetary policy on Friday despite stronger-than-expected inflation, signalling it will remain a dovish outlier among global central banks and focus on supporting a fragile economic recovery. Following are excerpts from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda's...


BOJ Keeps Ultra-Low Rates, Focus Shifts to Ueda's Inflation Views
Friday, 16 June 2023 16:51 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-easy monetary policy on Friday despite stronger-than-expected inflation, as it focuses on supporting a fragile economic recovery amid a sharp slowdown in global growth. The central bank also kept intact a pledge to "patiently" sustain massive stimulus to ensure...


BOJ Reports Record Net Income After Bond Earnings Jump
Tuesday, 30 May 2023 00:31 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan reported a record net profit last fiscal year, partly driven by rising interest income from the central bank’s massive government bond holdings and its foreign currency deposits. The central bank’s net income soared to a record 2.09 trillion yen ($14.9 billion) at the end of...


BOJ Cuts Purchases of Super-Long Bonds as Global Yields Drop
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:40 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan offered to buy fewer longer-dated bonds than planned in Wednesday’s operations, after yields declined as traders reduced bets on Federal Reserve rate hikes. The BOJ will buy Â¥50 billion ($372 million) of bonds maturing in 25-years or longer, compared with Â¥100...


BOJ Keeps Ultra-Low Rates At Kuroda Final Policy Meeting
Friday, 10 March 2023 16:51 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained ultra-low interest rates on Friday and held off making changes to its controversial bond yield control policy, leaving options open ahead of a leadership transition in April. The meeting was the last one to be chaired by Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who leaves...


BOJ's Policy Tweak Drew Rare Adjournment Request from Govt – Minutes
Monday, 23 January 2023 15:29 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

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 been hastily arranged. At the Dec. 19-20 meeting, the BOJ kept...


BOJ Holds Policy as It Pushes Back Against Market Speculation
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 16:39 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan decided against making more adjustments to its yield curve control program, prompting a sharp slide in the yen as it tried to contain speculation over policy normalization fueled by December’s shock move.  The central bank kept its main policy settings unchanged, leaving...


BOJ's Kuroda Aims to Keep Policy Loose to Meet Price, Wage Growth Goals
Wednesday, 4 January 2023 17:29 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday the central bank would maintain its loose monetary policy in order to sustain inflation at its 2% target along with wage growth. Kuroda's comments at a New Year gathering of the Japanese bankers' association counter lingering market...


BOJ Kuroda Dismisses Near-Term Chance Of Exiting Easy Policy
Monday, 26 December 2022 20:19 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday brushed aside the chance of a near-term exit from ultra-loose monetary policy but voiced hope that intensifying labour shortages will prod firms to raise wages. Kuroda said the BOJ's decision last week to widen the allowance band around its...



European markets close slightly higher; Kingfisher rebounds after profit warning, Direct Line down 11%
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 00:07 WIB

European markets had a tentative start to the new trading week Monday, as investors continued to digest a number of central bank policy decisions in...

S&P 500 Rises Slightly, Tries to Recover from Back-to-Back Losses
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 20:38 WIB

U.S. stocks rose slightly Tuesday, as investors tried to resume the rally that took equities to record highs after a decline in the previous...

Market Review Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Wednesday, 27 March 2024 03:31 WIB

Nikkei Tokyo stocks ended flat on Tuesday as investors held out hope for gains in semiconductor-related shares while locking in profits after...

Market Review Monday, March 25, 2024
Tuesday, 26 March 2024 03:31 WIB

Nikkei Tokyo stocks closed lower on profit-taking, snapping a four-day winning streak on Monday, amid caution over the rapid rise of the key Nikkei...

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