The Bank of Japan will potentially raise interest rates three times this year to double the current level if the yen’s weakness persists. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/citigroup-boj-rate-hike-projection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #citigroup #boj #inflation #yen #japaneseeconomy #negativeinterestrates
The surge in Japanese stocks, triggered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s snap election plans, may fade if she gets what she wants, as overspending drives up inflation and government borrowing costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/17/markets/takaichi-trade-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ldp #sanaetakaichi #inflation #yen #stocks
Yen traders are on edge for the risk of renewed volatility in the currency as uncertainty over the nation’s snap election grows with a Bank of Japan meeting approaching next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/17/markets/yen-boj-election-uncertainty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #sanaetakaichi #diet #lowerhouse #yen #currencies #boj #interestrates
Most Bank of Japan watchers believe Gov. Kazuo Ueda and his colleagues have been slow in ratcheting up interest rates, and they expect the next move will still be several months away in their base case scenarios. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/16/economy/boj-rate-hike-july/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #boj #yen #inflation #sanaetakaichi
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama shared concerns with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the weakening yen during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a G7 conference in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/13/katayama-bessent-concerns-yens-weakening/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #satsukikatayama #scottbessent #yen #forex #currencies
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda used his first public appearance in the new year to underscore his intention to keep raising the benchmark rate in a speech to private bankers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/economy/boj-interest-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy #yen
Expect 2026 to be a year of opportunity for Japan as PM Takaichi seeks lasting power, Nintendo’s new Super Mario movie targets another $1.36 billion box office success, and Japanese athletes chase global glory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/japan-in-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #nintendo #supermariogalaxymovie #nikkei225 #interestrates #boj #yen #sports #2026 #yearofthefirehorse
Japan has a “free hand” to take bold action against currency moves that are not in line with fundamentals, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/economy/japan-finance-minister-interview-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #satsukikatayama #financeministry #forex #yen #dollar
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
Currency forecasts are unreliable, as the yen’s recent weakness highlights the limits of intervention and the influence of narratives over economic fundamentals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/28/japan/big-myth-about-weak-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #yen #dollar #forex #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #timothygeithner
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said it is "clear” that volatile yen swings aren’t "moving based on fundamentals,” in the latest expression of the government’s frustration over the currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/30/finance-minister-fx-moves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #satsukikatayama #yen #currencies
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
Tokyo is open to intervening in the currency market "to mitigate the side effects of a weak yen,” one official said, reflecting PM Takaichi’s inflation concerns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/23/economy/takaichi-proactive-yen-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #takujiaida #yen #currencies #forex
Markets have lost their enthusiasm for Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, with about $127 billion wiped off the value of Tokyo-listed stocks over the past week and sharp declines in the yen and government bonds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/22/markets/takaichi-market-tests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments #sanaetakaichi #economicindicators #china #japaneseeconomy #yen
‘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
The Turkish lira, which has plunged over 16% against the yen this year, has become one of the hottest bets for Japan’s risk-hungry day traders — raising fears yen intervention or lira volatility could wipe them out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/markets/japan-retail-investors-turkish-lira-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #forex #lira #turkey #investments
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
Traders are increasingly skeptical that Japan’s new government will be able to shore up the yen by direct intervention as the currency slumps toward levels that previously drew authorities into the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/economy/yen-dollar-intervention-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
Goldman Sachs Group sees little immediate risk of currency intervention in Japan, saying the usual triggers “have not yet been met” even as the yen approaches 155 per dollar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/economy/yen-no-intervention-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #yen #dollar #forex #satsukikatayama #boj #financeministry
