The Bank of Japan is likely to increase the policy rate to 1% this year from the current 0.5% as long as the U.S. economy ...
Governor Kazuo Ueda said rising food costs and stronger-than-expected wage growth could push up underlying inflation, ...
A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 3.0% in February, data showed on Wednesday, keeping alive expectations of further interest rate hikes by the central bank.
TOKYO—The Bank of Japan held monetary settings steady on Wednesday as it expressed concern over the potential impact global ...
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged in a Wednesday policy decision, with analysts pointing to economic uncertainty fuelled by US trade tariffs. In January ...
Japan's core inflation hit 3.0% in February and an index stripping away the effect of fuel rose at the fastest pace in nearly ...