The decision marks its first rate hike since July last year and comes days after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. The decision by the central bank came at the end of a ...

The Bank of Japan raised its short-term interest rate to the highest in seventeen years on Friday as expected, aiming for a ...

Asian shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate. U.S.

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It is the highest level since October 2008 as the economy makes steady progress toward the bank’s goal of stable 2% inflation and wage-backed growth.

The Bank of Japan was expected to hike its main interest rate on Friday by the most in 18 years despite fears of economic turmoil under US President Donald Trump.

Another 0.25 percentage-point hike to Japanese rates has come and gone without markets batting an eye. That is surely the point of the central bank’s drive to normalise monetary policy. With wages and ...

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...

Global shares rose on Friday buoyed by the prospect of lower U.S. interest rates and a U.S.-China trade deal following ...

The bank, which raised the most funds for tech companies in Asia outside Japan, estimated at least a 10% increase in ...

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