The bank hoped to finish offloading the shares by March next year. The BOJ has also experienced a continued decline of approximately 10 billion yen in bank shares per month in recent years, which ...

Borrowers came under tremendous pressure over the last four years as deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) and other lending ...

Japan’s core inflation rate fell to 3.3% in June, offering some relief after hitting a 29-month high. The core inflation ...

Grocers Sainsbury ’s (LON: SBRY) and Marks & Spencer, Tesco (LON: TSCO) are next, along with easyjet (LON: EZJ ), with the ...

The Bank of Japan should be ready to resume policy tightening if U.S. trade talks progress, policy board member Hajime Takata said.

TOKYO/TSU, Japan (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan should resume interest rate hikes following a temporary pause to evaluate the impact of U.S. tariffs, board member Hajime Takata said, signalling ...

The BOJ ended a massive stimulus last year and in January raised short-term rates to 0.5%. While the central bank has signalled readiness to raise rates further, the expected impact of US levies ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Board Member Hajime Takata said on Thursday that Japan is close to achieving BoJ's price target but hasn't fully achieved it yet, so it needs to maintain an accommodative ...

Business BOJ completes sale of stock holdings, market focus shifts to ETFs FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2023.

Bryn Mawr Trust’s midyear outlook warns of inflation, tariffs, and volatility as China rises and U.S. policy pivots ...

TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan board member said on Thursday the central bank is pausing interest rate hikes for now but should resume them af ...

The Bank of Japan finished selling millions of dollars of stocks it bought from besieged banks during a domestic banking crisis in the early 2000s and the later Lehman Shock, ending a nearly two ...