After a prolonged period of ultra-easy policy, the BOJ has begun raising interest rates, while the government made rare currency market interventions in 2022 and last year to boost the yen ...

BOJ Is Said to Lean Toward Holding Key Rate at March Meeting Officials said to want to mull January hike, US policy impacts Wage talk developments so far seen as within expectations ...

Nvidia posted another monster set of results for Q4. It reported that revenue grew by a whopping $39.3bn, higher than the $38bn expected last quarter, and a 45% increase on the $22bn of revenue it ...

In January, Kobane's Kurds celebrated 10 years since they broke IS's siege of the city, but their future is unclear To reach north-east Syria, we cross a rickety floating bridge over the River ...

BoJ rate hike bets continue to underpin the JPY and weigh on the pair amid renewed USD selling. Declining JGB bond yields do little to inspire the JPY bears or lend any support to spot prices.

Given how much has been written about the BOJ's 'historic' rate-hiking campaign and the recent spike in JGB yields, one might think policy conditions in Japan are tightening. But that's not the case.

Japanese Yen (JPY) Strength: Inflation, Interest Rates, and BOJ Policy Impact on USDJPY The Japanese yen has gained some strength against the US dollar in early 2025, rising approximately 6% as of ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda issued a mild warning on Friday that it could increase bond buying if "abnormal" market moves trigger a sharp rise in yields, but he was reiterating the bank's pledge made ...

This week, traders should closely monitor Japan’s retail sales and Tokyo’s inflation data for further insights into the BoJ’s rate path. USD/JPY sensitivity to these reports could rise ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's core consumer price index rose 3.2% in January from the previous year to hit a 19-month high, data showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations the central bank will ...

IF MARKETS MAKE ABNORMAL MOVES, WE STAND READY TO RESPOND NIMBLY SUCH AS THROUGH MARKET OPERATIONS TO SMOOTH MARKET MOVES ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda on Friday promised to respond to abnormal rises in bond yields, as expectations for monetary tightening sent Japanese government bond yields to multiyear ...