Based on his own assessment, Hayakawa said he sees the BOJ’s terminal rate in this cycle somewhere around 1.5%. That’s higher than most analysts’ view, although it’s in line with a ...

BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles has hinted that the central bank is contemplating legal recourse to get commercial banks to move interest rates in line with similar movements by BOJ.

Inflationary risks were building up as companies continue to pass on rising raw material and labour costs, which required lifting the BOJ's policy rate to levels deemed neutral to the economy ...

As such, we must support economic activity with loose monetary policy," Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BOJ's monetary affairs department, told parliament. "Having said that, we will ...

Under its current guidance, the BOJ pledges to continue raising its short-term policy rate if economic and price developments move in line with its forecasts. "For the BOJ, there's really not much ...

The remarks, which echo those made by BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Tuesday, pushed up the yen as markets continued to price in the chance of a rate hike at the bank's next policy meeting on ...

which would raise the BOJ's policy rate to 0.5%, a 17-year-high. The sources said that some of the nine-member board hold cautious views, and a final decision needs to be made after the ...