The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

The yen climbed to an eight-week top versus the U.S. dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated ...

Bank of Japans Tamura Naoki, Member of the Policy Board said he believes that, by the second half of fiscal 2025 -- when wage hikes resulting from annual wage negotiations, including among small and ...

A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.

Tamura's comments suggest that the central bank may tighten monetary policy more quickly than some economists and investors have been expecting. Consensus views are for one or two more 25-basis-point ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar slumped to an eight-week trough to the yen and lingered near a one-month low versus sterling ...

The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain inflation ...

Bank of Japan policy board member Naoki Tamura said, “Raising short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the latter ...

The BOJ raised rates last month and swap markets are already pricing in an about 75% probability of another increase as soon ...

Speaking today (February 5) to parliament, Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BoJ’s monetary affairs department, noted ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping the bank on track for further tightening steps.  Nominal ...