Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...
Bank of Japan raises interest rate to about 0.5%, citing higher wages and inflation
The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. The decision by the central bank came at the end of a ...
Stock market today: Asian shares gain after S&P 500 climbs to a record and Bank of Japan raises rate
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 40,074.87 after the central bank raised its benchmark rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, ...
Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...
BOJ likely to raise rates to highest in 17 years, signal more hikes
The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday to their highest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis, as a broad stocks rally worldwide calms policymakers' fears U.S.
Nearly 86% of Japan households see prices rising a year from now, survey shows
About 85.7% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey in December showed ...
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Oil up, heads for 4th weekly gain as U.S. sanctions hit supply
TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose on Friday ... the oil market with renewed hopes of interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve after data showed easing inflation in the world's biggest economy.
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Japanese Yen holds ground as Tokyo CPI data support likelihood of BoJ rate hike in January
The Tokyo Consumer Price Index increased to 3.0% YoY in December, up from 2.6% in November. The US Dollar edges higher amid rising odds of fewer rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The Japanese Yen ...
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Stock market: Asian shares trade mixed, as Tokyo and Seoul close for New Year holidays
Trading is set to resume in Tokyo on January 6 ... by inflation cooling throughout the year to close to the Federal Reserve's 2% target. That raised hopes that the central bank would deliver ...
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Asia-Pacific markets mixed as investors assess economic data in China, Japan, and Tokyo CPI
In the U.S., on Thursday, all three major indexes ended muted a day after the Christmas holiday with markets remaining subdued as they evaluated the potential impact of the Federal Reserve's ...
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Japan Tokyo Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) YoY
Tokyo CPI rises more than expected in Dec ... weakened on persistent expectations of a rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in December, while the Japanese yen surged... The USD/JPY has been ...