The BOJ also cut its growth forecasts for both fiscal 2025 and 2026, a sign it sees the damage from U.S. tariffs to intensify later this year and last through most of next year.

By Leika Kihara and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and decided to decelerate the pace of its balance sheet drawdown next year, signaling ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan's increasing caution around raising interest rates further relies heavily on a relatively obscure inflation reading, which policy doves argue ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates steady next week and consider slowing reductions in its bond purchases from next fiscal year, a move that ...

“The BOJ faces a tough, narrow path ahead,” says Frederic Neumann, chief Asia economist at HSBC.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will forego another interest rate hike this year due to uncertainty over U.S. tariff policy, according to a slight majority of economists in a Reuters poll who ...

The Bank of Japan is set to consider whether to taper its bond purchases at a slower pace while also leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, in a decision that will be closely scrutinized ...

Analysts say the BOJ's fresh concerns about local consumption and the global economy have muddled its efforts to manage inflation expectations in a country that spent decades mired in deflation.

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said in a press conference after the BOJ's June meeting that "When we look at recent data, consumer inflation is moving around 3%.

Analysts say the BOJ's fresh concerns about local consumption and the global economy have muddled its efforts to manage inflation expectations in a country that spent decades mired in deflation.