Bank of Japan raises interest rate to about 0.5%, citing higher wages and inflation
The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a ...
Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...
Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target ...
Bank of Japan Resumes Hiking Rates as Economy Strengthens
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 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.
Bank Of Japan Hikes Key Interest Rate To 0.5 Percent
The Bank of Japan said Friday it was hiking interest rates to their highest level in 17 years despite fears of economic turmoil under US President Donald Trump.
Free Malaysia Today11h
Japan hikes rates, solidifying exit from rock-bottom borrowing costs
The move follows an earlier report showing consumer prices, excluding fresh food, rising at a faster pace of 3%, well above ...
Japan rates’ fate rests on Trump-Ishiba bromance
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 ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore3h
Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday (Jan 24) to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stably ...
The Financial Times4d
Bank of Japan looks to raise rates in shadow of Donald Trump’s inauguration
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of Japan is on course to raise interest rates on Friday, according to economists, as long as ...
Japan wage growth gathers steam as reluctant retailers raise pay
JAPAN’S retailers, typically among the most tight-fisted of employers, are offering big pay increases for a second year in a ...
The Star3d
Bank of Japan poised to raise rates to highest in 17 years
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday (Jan 24) barring any market shocks when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that would lift short-term ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore5d
IMF expects more Bank of Japan interest rate hikes in 2025 and 2026
WASHINGTON : The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates twice in 2025 and twice more in 2026, International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said on Friday.