It was the first time a BOJ policymaker publicly specified a level the central bank should eventually target in pushing up short-term borrowing costs. Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy ...

The BOJ officials see the Trump administration’s tariff campaign and retaliatory actions against the US as likely to weaken Japan’s economy and may delay progress toward the bank’s price ...

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Kenya Koshimizu, co-head of the global markets division at Japan's third-largest lender, made the call ahead of the BOJ conducting a review of its existing bond tapering plan in June.

Under current forecasts made in January, the BOJ expects the economy to expand 1.1% in fiscal 2025. There is no consensus within the BOJ yet on the extent of damage from Trump's tariffs ...

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 ...

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 timing ...

"But we need to pay due attention to risks, especially recent heightening uncertainty over developments in each country's trade policy," Ueda said in a speech, highlighting the BOJ's alarm over ...