Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity ...

The dollar edged up on Thursday, but stayed close to recent lows, as traders weighed receding trade war risks and looked ...

As interest rates rise, the value of JGBs could plummet due to heightened inflation and duration risks. Click to read.

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will continue to hike interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as ...

BOJ shifts focus away from output gap, towards labour shortage Board debated wage pressure, stagflation risk at January ...

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

Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to have risen an annualised 1.0% in October-December, according to a ...