TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis ...

The Bank of Japan raised its short-term interest rate to the highest in seventeen years on Friday as expected, aiming for a ...

TOKYO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday barring any market shocks when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that would lift ...

The Bank of Japan is close to ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, with expected historical wage hikes heightening the prospect of a landmark shift away from its massive stimulus ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates twice in 2025 and twice more in 2026, International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said on Friday.

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

(Reuters) -The Bank of Japan concludes its first policy meeting ... The BOJ ended years of negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy target to 0.25% in July.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino has signaled that an interest rate hike may be on the cards at the monetary policy meeting on January 23-24, as many of the shocks to the Japanese ...

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this week by 25 basis points. A hike will put the BOJ's key rate at 0.5%, its highest level since 2008. Public comments by ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda repeated his pledge to discuss an interest-rate increase next week, echoing recent comments that have revived market expectations for imminent policy action.

Stronger wages have contributed to the decision by Japan's central bank to raise rates to about 0.5%. The BOJ reiterated that ...