Ueda said he will take into account the findings from his dialogue with global policymakers in constructing the BOJ's assessment on Japan's economy, and setting monetary policy. "We will continue ...

In an April 14-21 poll, 84% of economists, or 47 of 56, forecast no change to interest rates at the BOJ's next two policy meetings on April 30-May 1 and June 16-17. Only 52% of economists ...

The BOJ officials see the Trump administration’s tariff campaign and retaliatory actions against the US as likely to weaken Japan’s economy and possibly delaying progress toward the bank’s ...

Thus, the accelerated rate of increase has us expecting that the BoJ will continue raising interest rates. Given the high level of uncertainty surrounding US trade policy, the BoJ is likely to ...

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The assessment, to be included in its quarterly outlook report due on May 1, will underscore the BOJ's desire to keep alive market expectations of further interest rate hikes - even though the ...