Japan’s economy shrank in the three months through September, the government confirmed, giving some justification for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s stimulus package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-revised-gdp-july-september-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #gdp #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #boj #sanaetakaichi
Bank of Japan officials are ready to raise interest rates at a policy meeting later this month, provided there’s no major shock to the economy in the meantime, according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/boj-set-for-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #inflation #us #yen #dollar #sanaetakaichi #kazuoueda
Japan’s households unexpectedly cut spending for the first time in six months, in a sign of the fragility of domestic demand as the Bank of Japan prepares to consider raising borrowing costs later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/economy/household-outlays-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #consumerspending #boj
Key members of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government wouldn’t try to stop the Bank of Japan if it decides to raise interest rates in December, a stance that makes a move more likely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/04/key-officials-go-along-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #sanaetakaichi
Japan’s "oshikatsu" culture is booming despite inflation, with fans spending heavily on idols and characters in a way that now drives a multitrillion-yen market and even draws the attention of the central bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/02/japans-inflation-proof-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #boj #inflation #japaneseeconomy #anime #manga #teenagegirls #akb48 #shoheiohtani #oshikatsu #stan #oshi
The Bank of Japan has rattled markets globally with its hint of a rate rise, with Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s hawkish comments Monday hitting bonds, stocks and crypto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/markets/bond-rout-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgb #kazuoueda #bonds
Japan’s two-year note yield rose to its highest level since 2008, and the yen gained against the dollar on signs the Bank of Japan is moving closer to an interest-rate hike. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/markets/two-year-yield-highest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgbs #kazuoueda
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has sent the clearest hint yet that his board might move this month, telling business leaders in Nagoya that authorities will make the right call on whether to raise interest rates or not. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/boj-ueda-december-rate-hike-hint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy
Japanese businesses trimmed back capital spending over the summer after five straight quarters of gains, in a sign of cooling corporate sentiment as higher U.S. tariffs take a toll on a sputtering economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/japan-capex-down-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #capitalspending #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #boj #gdp
Market participants are increasingly speculating that the Bank of Japan could raise its policy interest rate in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/29/economy/boj-senior-officials-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #yen #japaneseeconomy #boj
The market value of the Bank of Japan’s holdings of exchange-traded funds reached a record high at the end of September, according to its first financial statement since deciding to start offloading the assets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/27/boj-gains-from-etf-holdings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #etf #stocks #japaneseeconomy
Early signs regarding Japan's annual wage negotiations for next year indicate another round of pay hikes despite profit pressure from U.S. tariffs, reinforcing the case for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/24/economy/japan-pay-hike-signs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #wages #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation
‘Sell-Japan’ trade takes a breather as verbal intervention dialed up slightly and stimulus package that so worried the market within expectations https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/markets/sell-japan-pause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans have sent Japan’s bonds and currency tumbling, raising the specter of an unruly capital flight reminiscent of the turmoil that nearly broke the U.K. bond market in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/economy/deutsche-bank-warning-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #jgb #uk #boj
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat ahead of super-big stimulus and as verbal intervention from top officials is lacking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/markets/market-turmoil-thursday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda signaled that there could be a rate hike as soon as next month by pointing to the need for normalization, after the yen hit its lowest level in roughly 10 months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/boj-board-member-dec-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #japaneseeconomy #junkokoeda
A yen rout has brought talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention as Japan's new administration is hit by a triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/yen-160-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
A member of a panel advising Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the central bank isn’t likely to raise its benchmark rate before March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/economy/economic-growth-strategy-panel-member/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation #sanaetakaichi
The Bank of Japan’s independence held during its governor’s meeting with super-dovish Prime Minister Takaichi, the two keeping any discussion of rates general and vague. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/economy/ueda-takaichi-independence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Producer prices in Japan rose 2.7% in October from a year earlier, reflecting higher prices for food and copper, the Bank of Japan has said, with prices of agricultural, forestry and fishery products surging 31.4%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/economy/producer-prices-rise-october/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #electricity #gas #food