BOJ signals no rush in raising rates again, keeps policy steady
WEB2 days ago · BOJ keeps short-term rate steady at 0.25% as expected; ... Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people ...
BOJ keeps rates on hold, Ueda tempers another hike speculation
WEB2 days ago · BOJ keeps interest rates unchanged, weighs July hike impact. The Bank of Japan left its key interest rate steady at around 0.25 percent as widely expected at the end of a two-day policy meeting Friday, as it continued to assess the impact of its previous rate hike two months ago. The central bank stood pat after it raised the target for the ...
Japan: BOJ hikes interest rates for the first time in 17 years - AP News
WEBMar 19, 2024 · The Bank of Japan’s lending rate for overnight borrowing by banks was raised to a range of 0 to 0.1% from minus 0.1% at a policy meeting that confirmed expectations of a shift away from ultra-lax monetary policy. It …
BOJ hikes rates to 0.25% in push toward normalization amid weak …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The Bank of Japan raises its policy interest rate to around 0.25 percent and decided to slow the pace of its government bond buying to 3 trillion yen ($20 billion), in a further shift toward policy normalization as the nation battles a weakening yen.
BOJ Live Updates: Japan Hikes Interest Rate for Second Time Since …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · BOJ hikes rate to 0.25% as expected by 14 of 48 economists; Monthly JGB purchases to be 3 trillion yen in Jan-Mar 2026; Announcement comes ahead of Federal Reserve decision
BOJ Live News: Japan Ends World's Last Negative Rates, First Hike …
WEBMar 19, 2024 · Japan Ends the World’s Last Negative Rates Regime in Historic Shift. BOJ hikes rates for the first time since 2007; yen weakens. Ends unorthodox measures including yield curve control. Ueda says...
BOJ Governor Strikes Cautious Note Over Global Economic Outlook
WEB2 days ago · Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda warned about uncertainties related to the global economic outlook at a press conference following the central bank’s decision to keep rates unchanged.
Exclusive: BOJ to weigh rate hike next week, detail plan to halve …
WEBTOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to debate whether to raise interest rates when it meets next week and unveil a plan to roughly halve bond purchases in coming years, sources...
Bank of Japan raises its key interest rate ... - Associated Press News
WEBJul 31, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Wednesday to about 0.25% from a range of zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar. The move was widely expected, and the yen gained sharply against the dollar ahead of and after Wednesday’s decision, trading below 152 yen.
BOJ to end negative rates, marking 1st hike in 17 years
WEBTOKYO -- The Bank of Japan is expected to end its negative interest rates when its policy board meets on Monday and Tuesday, Nikkei has learned, marking the first rate hike since February 2007 in a...