The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...
The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a ...
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...
The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday to their highest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis, as a broad stocks rally worldwide calms policymakers' fears U.S.
If its outlook is met, "the bank will accordingly continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust the degree of monetary accommodation", it added.
Asian shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate.
About 85.7% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey in December showed ...