Koeda shared the same view as other senior BOJ officials on the level of real interest rates, saying that it’s “significantly” low, signaling there’s room for further rate increases.

Ueda also said the BOJ will take "stronger steps" to whittle down monetary support if inflation overshoots its projections, signalling the chance of hiking rates sooner or more aggressively than ...

BOJ officials are leaning toward keeping rates unchanged this month as they pay close attention to the impact of their hike in January and growing uncertainties in the global economy, people ...

TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if its underlying inflation target is likely to be achieved ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's meeting last week passed with no surprises, but for a careful BOJ watcher its message on the need to remain vigilant on food-driven inflationary pressures had ...

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which would make it easier to raise prices for other goods and services and lead to the possibility for more widespread inflation,” BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda told a parliamentary committee.

Tonight, the FX market will start to get really interesting, with the BOJ rate decision around 11 to 12 PM EDT. More important than the decision will be the read-through for the future path for ...

The reading is closely watched as a gauge of underlying inflation by the BOJ, and was now above the central bank’s annual 2% target. Tokyo inflation usually heralds a similar trend from ...