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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 27 minutes ago

The government is monitoring the yen with a strong sense of urgency, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said, sending her first clear warning on currency movements since taking on her role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/economy/katayama-warning-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #satsukikatayama #yen #boj #japaneseeconomy #scottbessent #kazuoueda

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

Inflation in the Tokyo area rose at a faster pace, supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to keep raising interest rates gradually and giving the yen a boost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/economy/october-tokyo-inflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #inflation #economicindicators #boj

The Japan Times

Faster Tokyo inflation supports BOJ rate hike case and boosts yen

Consumer prices excluding fresh food gained 2.8% in October from a year earlier in the capital.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

The Bank of Japan kept the policy rate at 0.5% despite high inflation, sticking to a wait-and-see approach owing to continued uncertainty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/economy/boj-meeting-oct-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sent a message indicating support for the Bank of Japan’s independence as Abenomics comes back into fashion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/economy/bessent-katayama-boj/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #satsukikatayama #sanaetakaichi #usjapanrelations #us #financeministry #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy

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U.S. treasury chief Bessent signals support for Bank of Japan independence

The U.S. treasury secretary’s comments come as Abenomics is back in fashion with Japan’s leaders.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

The Bank of Japan is expected to sit this one out and keep its benchmark rate at 0.5% as political and economic uncertainty remain high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/economy/boj-preview-october-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan’s key price measure has picked up pace on higher energy costs, underscoring the challenges facing new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/24/economy/japan-september-inflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #inflation #japaneseeconomy #boj

The Japan Times

Japan’s faster inflation highlights need for Takaichi response

New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made confronting the cost of living crunch a priority.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

If Japan can’t keep up its wage-hike momentum, that has implications for Sanae Takaichi’s tenure and the central bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/economy/rengo-wage-hike-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #japaneseeconomy #wages #boj #sanaetakaichi #inflation

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Japan’s unions seek minimum 5% wage hike in upcoming pay talks

Sanae Takaichi’s tenure and the central bank's policy path could be affected if Japan can’t keep up its wage-hike momentum.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Bank of Japan watchers pushed back their forecast for the next interest rate hike timing in a dramatic shift from last month, with only a few expecting a move next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/economy/boj-watcher-survey-next-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy

The Japan Times

BOJ watchers push back rate hike call after Takaichi takes helm

Some 10% of 50 economists predict the BOJ will raise its benchmark rate at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Oct. 30, plunging from 36% in the previous survey.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Bank of Yokohama is prepared to pile back into the domestic debt market when the central bank’s peak interest rate is in sight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/companies/bank-of-yokohama-jgb-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bankofyokohama #regionalbanks #boj #bonds #jgbs #japaneseeconomy

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Top Japan local bank ready to boost JGB buying when BOJ pivots

Bank of Yokohama is prepared to pile back into the domestic debt market when the central bank’s peak interest rate is in sight.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Bank of Japan board member Hajime Takata said the time is ripe for raising the bank’s policy interest rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/20/boj-hawk-hike-price-norm-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #hajimetakata

The Japan Times

BOJ board hawk calls for rate hike as Japan’s price norm shifts

'I believe that now is a prime opportunity to raise the policy interest rate,” Takata said in a speech to local business leaders in Hiroshima.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Rakuten Group priced a local bond at the year’s highest coupon of 4.691%, giving Japan’s credit market its clearest sign yet of how rising rates are impacting corporate borrowing costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/rakuten-bond-highest-coupon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rakuten #bonds #softbank #daiwa

The Japan Times

Japan gets highest-yielding yen bond this year with Rakuten deal

Japanese bond yields have climbed over concerns the next administration may pursue a more expansionary fiscal policy.
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@joseph11lim@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@thejapantimes Thinking ahead, how will the #BOJ manage the rising cost of refinancing and/rolling over #Japan’s #sovereign #debt in the short and medium term?

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is keeping the door open for a near-term hike in interest rates by indicating that the central bank will continue tightening if confidence in achieving its economic outlook strengthens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/economy/boj-ueda-keeps-door-open-for-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #ldp #inflation

The Japan Times

Ueda keeps door open for BOJ rate hike as decision nears

Financial markets reflect a narrow chance of a rate hike at the end of this month.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura called for raising interest rates as he sees increasing upside inflation risks, a view that’s consistent with his stance last month when he dissented from keeping policy steady. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/boj-hawkish-member-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #naokitamura

The Japan Times

BOJ’s most hawkish member calls for rate hike amid price risks

Tamura's latest remarks suggest little shift in his stance even after Japan’s political landscape turned murky in recent weeks.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the yen will settle at an appropriate level if the Bank of Japan continues to conduct the right monetary policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/economy/bessent-remark-yen-boj/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #forex #boj #usjapanrelations #kazuoueda

The Japan Times

Bessent says yen will settle if BOJ keeps taking right policies

The statement follows the U.S. treasury secretary's remarks in August that Japan’s central bank was behind the curve in addressing inflation.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Japan seems hot again, but its already-embattled presumptive leader can’t be lulled that the freeze is really over. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/13/japan/japans-economic-recovery-amid-signs-of-weakness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #abenomics #shinzoabe #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

There is debate over how Sanae Takaichi’s economic approach as the presumptive prime minister will differ from Shinzo Abe’s Abenomics amid challenges like inflation and a weak parliamentary position. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/10/japan/should-it-be-called-the-takaichi-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #abenomics #shinzoabe #boj #monetarypolicy #japaneseeconomy #inflation

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@Federation_Bot  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

BOJ meddling by Takaichi seen as unwise and ineffective as it would be her versus the markets and inflation-weary Japanese households https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/economy/takaichi-boj-meddling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #boj #japaneseeconomy

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Wages rose at the slowest pace in three months, with real pay extending its falling streak, highlighting a challenge for newly elected ruling party leader Sanae Takaichi and her pledge to address rising living costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/economy/wages-growth-slow-august/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #mhlw #wages #sanaetakaichi #ldp #boj

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A move by the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this month may be too soon after the formation of Sanae Takaichi’s administration and would be better timed in December, one of her closest economic advisers has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/economy/takaichi-adviser-boj-rate-hike-too-early/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #boj #etsurohonda #japaneseeconomy

The Japan Times

Takaichi adviser and Abenomics architect says October too soon for BOJ rate hike

Remarks by Etsuro Honda, who advises the new ruling-party leader on economic policies, suggest the BOJ may wait, despite earlier speculation of an October move.
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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Household spending rose for a fourth month in Japan, showing resilience amid persistent inflation as the central bank continues to mull the timing of its next interest rate hike. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/economy/household-spending-august/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #boj #internalaffairsministry #sanaetakaichi #inflation

The Japan Times

Japan’s household spending rises more than expected in August

Outlays by households adjusted for inflation gained 2.3% from a year ago in August, led by spending on transport and entertainment.
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