The BOJ’s first major quantitative tightening step took place in July 2024 when it decided to slash bond buying by ¥400 billion every quarter. The bank estimated the move would shrink its bond ...

As the BOJ this week considers a third tightening ... but the sooner they were consigned to the history books, the better.

The exchange continues to be sensitive to the direction of US 10-year yield and to speculation about the trajectory of BOJ policy. Even before Trump's threat of tariffs on Mexico, there were many ...