A summary of the Bank of Japan’s most recent meeting hints of further rate hikes, with some board members noting that the country’s real interest rate remains very low. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/29/economy/bank-of-japan-december-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation #kazuoueda
Bank of Japan’s Ueda signaled that further interest hikes are likely coming next year, by projecting rising confidence that the central bank is closer to attaining its sustainable price target. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/25/economy/boj-ueda-speech-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #kazuoueda #boj #japaneseeconomy #keidanren
Despite lifting rates to a three-decade high, the Bank of Japan is signaling a cautious, gradual path toward further hikes while insisting policy remains accommodative. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/japans-rate-milestone-just-step/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #boj #fed #interestrates #monetarypolicy #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda
Japan’s bond rout continues after the BOJ’s rate increase and as a record-busting budget approval looms, and the yen has been weak despite the higher yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/markets/japanese-bond-rout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #us #boj #economicindicators #jgb #bonds
The Bank of Japan’s anticipated rate hike on Friday could weigh on companies’ ability to raise wages in the coming fiscal year, says the head of Japan’s auto workers union. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/companies/japan-auto-union-chair-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #wages #boj #ratehike #kazuoueda #confederationofjapanautomobileworkersunions #akihirokaneko
The Japanese central bank is reportedly likely to raise its policy interest rate to around 0.75% from around 0.5% at present at its two-day monetary policy meeting through Friday this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/14/economy/japan-finance-chief-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #monetarypolicy #japaneseeconomy #satsukikatayama #kazuoueda
Japan’s car industry union will seek a slightly more ambitious wage hike goal in the upcoming round of negotiations compared with the previous year as the Bank of Japan tracks pay trends in the U.S. tariffs-hit sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/12/companies/auto-union-wage-gain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #boj #kazuoueda #carmakers #us #tariffs #wages #toyota #nissan #honda #unions
A former Bank of Japan executive director expects the central bank to conduct multiple rate hikes ahead with a terminal number of around 1.5%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/economy/boj-ex-director-multiple-rate-hike-projection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #hideohayakawa #kazuoueda
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said the central bank is getting closer to attaining its inflation target, adding to signals that the BOJ may raise its interest rate at a policy meeting next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/economy/boj-sustainable-inflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda
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
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda's recent pitch for a December rate hike seems to have been accepted by markets and the administration. But how will the bank communicate Japan's longer-term rate hike path? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/04/economy/boj-vs-japan-government-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #kazuoueda #sanaetakaichi
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
