That would cause what I'm fearing to be a stagflation like environment. Now that's something I've flirted with in the past.

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.

Under a quantitative tightening (QT) programme laid out in July, the BOJ has been slowing bond purchases by around 400 billion yen ($2.65 billion) per quarter to halve monthly purchases to 3 ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan could take another key step toward diminishing its huge presence in the bond market next week, when it releases its bond-buying plan for the second quarter that ...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that Donald Trump’s views on tariffs were “difficult ...

The discussion highlights how U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hikes are complicating the BOJ's plan to raise interest rates to address broadening price increases that have kept Japan's ...

Japan’s Leading Economic Index may shift BoJ policy outlook, with USD/JPY reacting to rate hike expectations. US durable goods data could impact US dollar demand after the weak S&P Global ...

In delivering the bank’s semi-annual report to lawmakers Wednesday, Ueda reiterated the BOJ’s stance that it will continue to raise interest rates if its economic outlook is realized ...