BOJ chief Ueda signals rate hike chance next week, yen jumps
The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates and adjust the degree of monetary support if improvements in the economy and price conditions continue, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday.
BOJ’s Deputy Chief Signals Chance of Rate Hike Next Week
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino reiterated that the central bank will raise rates if its outlook continues to be realized, while adding that there are risks both at home and abroad that require attention.
BOJ deputy governor: Rate hike to be discussed in January meeting
The Bank of Japan has signaled that wage increases are creating an environment to discuss an additional interest rate hike at the bank's meeting later this month.
BOJ Set to Discuss Whether to Raise Rates Next Week
The deputy governor said the bank will discuss whether to raise the policy rate or not at the meeting, based on the latest outlook on the economy and prices.
BOJ’s Ueda flags decision on rate hike next week, boosting yen
Following Ueda’s remarks, the yen strengthened as much as 0.4% to ¥157.34 against the dollar, after earlier hovering around the ¥158 level.
BOJ sees widening wage hikes, signals chance of near-term rate hike
Wage hikes are broadening in Japan as structural labour shortages have made firms more aware of the need to keep hiking pay, the central bank said, suggesting that conditions for a near-term interest rate hike were continuing to fall into place.
Bank of Japan to discuss interest rate hike next week - deputy chief
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino has signaled that an interest rate hike may be on the cards at the monetary policy meeting on January 23-24, as many of the shocks to the Japanese economy and deflationary factors have been resolved.
BOJ to make decision on next rate hike this month, deputy chief says
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said Tuesday that board members will discuss whether to hike interest rates at a meeting later this month, in unusually detailed remarks suggesting a policy shift may be imminent.
BOJ deputy governor flags chance of rate hike next week
The Bank of Japan will debate whether to raise interest rates next week as prospects of sustained wage gains heighten and the U.S. policy outlook becomes clearer in President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural address,
Dollar weakens after CPI shows cooling inflation; yen firms on BOJ talk
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Yen firms on BOJ talk, sterling calmer on CPI
Japan’s yen strengthened on Wednesday (Jan 15) on growing bets on a rate hike at the Bank of Japan’s next meeting, while ...
Yen firms on BOJ talk, sterling calmer on CPI, but US data still to come
Japan's yen strengthened on Wednesday on growing bets on a rate hike at the Bank of Japan's next meeting, while cooling ...
BOJ Is Said to Weigh Raising Inflation Forecast on Rice, Yen
Bank of Japan officials are likely to discuss raising their inflation outlook at a policy meeting later this month, although ...
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BOJ Grows More Confident That Firms Will Keep Raising Wages
More Japanese companies are seeing the need to offer pay increases, the Bank of Japan said, the latest sign that the economy ...