The IMF still expects inflation will converge to the BOJ's 2% target, though that will happen in 2027 rather than in 2026, as previously expected, said Choueiri, who is also the global lender's ...

“Japan’s financial system has been maintaining stability on the whole,” the BOJ said in its report on the financial system. “However, since the beginning of April, financial markets at home and abroad ...

The assessment, to be included in its quarterly outlook report due on May 1, will underscore the BOJ's desire to keep alive market expectations of further interest rate hikes - even though the ...

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The data comes ahead of the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) policy meeting next week, when the central bank is set to keep interest rates steady at 0.5 per cent and cut its growth estimates as US ...

Core inflation has now exceeded the BOJ's 2% target every month for three years in a row, in a sign of mounting price pressure as companies continue to pass on rising raw material and labour costs.

Japan’s inflation grew 3.6% year-on-year in March, marking four straight months above 3% and three straight years above the BOJ’s 2% projection. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ...

With inflation seen accelerating further, a BoJ tightening is likely in July Consumer inflation in Japan edged down to 3.6% year on year in March (vs 3.7% in February and market consensus) as fresh ...

Japan’s core inflation ticked up to 3.2% in March, typically pressuring the BoJ to consider policy tightening. Rising US tariffs spark economic uncertainty, complicating the BoJ’s rate hike ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The figure was lower than the 3.7% seen ...