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BoJ Signals Rate Hike Readiness Amid Inflation Risks
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 18:43 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda reaffirmed the central bank’s commitment to raising interest rates if underlying inflation nears its 2% target. While core consumer inflation has stayed above 2% for three years, demand-driven pressures remain subdued. Ueda told parliament the BoJ is...

BOJ Holds Rate Steady as Officials Monitor Rising Global Risks
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 16:35 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

The Bank of Japan kept its key policy rate unchanged, as authorities continued to assess the potential impact on the global economy from escalating trade tensions. Governor Kazuo Ueda’s board voted to keep the policy rate at 0.5% Wednesday at the end of a two-day gathering,...

BOJ Avoids Hinting at Chances of January Rate Hike
Wednesday, 25 December 2024 20:15 WIB | Fiscal & monetary

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda avoided giving a clear signal that he might raise interest rates next month, sticking to his view that the bank needs to continue monitoring risks to the economy in comments that weighed on the yen. “The timing and pace of adjusting the degree of monetary...

BOJ Holds Rates as Japan’s Unstable Politics Raises Uncertainty
Thursday, 31 October 2024 17:08 WIB | Root

The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged after uncertainties increased over the outlook of the economy and the stability of the government after the ruling coalition suffered its worst electoral result since 2009. Governor Kazuo Ueda and his fellow board members...

Bank of Japan must raise rates at 'very moderate' pace, says board member Adachi
Wednesday, 16 October 2024 17:25 WIB | Root

Bank of Japan board member Seiji Adachi said on Wednesday the central bank must raise interest rates at a "very moderate" pace and avoid hiking prematurely, given uncertainties over the global economic outlook and domestic wage developments. The yen may keep rising as the U.S. Federal Reserve...

Japan big manufacturers' sentiment steady in Q3,BOJ tankan shows
Tuesday, 1 October 2024 15:30 WIB | Root

Japanese big manufacturers' business sentiment was steady in the three months to September, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Tuesday, a sign the economy continues to recover despite weakness in global growth. Big non-manufacturers' mood improved, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) "tankan"...

BOJ to Cut Bond Buying in Normalization Step as Rate Held Steady
Friday, 14 June 2024 17:32 WIB | Root

The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate steady and said it will set out plans for reducing the amount of its bond buying at its July meeting while leaving purchases unchanged until then. Authorities kept the benchmark rate in a range between 0 and 0.1% in line with a consensus forecast...

Ueda Says BOJ Will Proceed Cautiously With Inflation Targeting Frameworks
Monday, 27 May 2024 15:19 WIB | Root

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will proceed cautiously with inflation-targeting frameworks, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday, noting that some challenges are "uniquely difficult" for Japan after years of ultra-easy monetary policy. In an opening speech to a BOJ-hosted seminar in Tokyo on central...

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

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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 | Root

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...


Negotiators Gather For Gaza Talks, Mediator Warns Deal May Be Slow
Monday, 6 October 2025 16:23 WIB

Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday (October 6th) ahead of talks with Israel that the US hopes will lead to an end to the war in Gaza and the...

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S&P 500, Nasdaq close at fresh records to start week, helped by AMD gains
Tuesday, 7 October 2025 03:19 WIB

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs on Monday, spurred by optimism about increased mergers and acquisitions activity after...

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European Stocks Close Lower again
Monday, 6 October 2025 23:54 WIB

Euro Area Stock MarketEuropean stocks closed mostly lower on Monday as fresh political turmoil in France rekindled concerns of fiscal instability...

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European Stocks Steady, French Stocks Weaken
Monday, 6 October 2025 14:33 WIB

European stocks moved steadily at the start of the week, while the French CAC 40 index fell 0.7%. This decline occurred after President Emmanuel...

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