As Jamaica awakens to the first days of 2026 the country carries the unmistakable marks of a year that demanded much and gave ...

TOKYO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will likely maintain a pledge next week to keep raising interest rates, but stress the pace of further hikes will depend on how the economy reacts to each ...

Japan’s central bank is once again at the center of global market anxiety. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is scheduled to announce its next interest rate decision on Dec. 19, and growing speculation of a ...

TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates three more times to 1.5% during Governor Kazuo Ueda's remaining term through early 2028, former central bank board member ...

All 50 BOJ watchers surveyed by Bloomberg expect the bank to raise its benchmark rate to 0.75% on Friday next week. Many of them said the key focus of the gathering is whether the BOJ provides a new ...

Bank of Japan officials are likely to start selling the central bank’s pile of exchange-traded funds as early as next month, according to people familiar with the matter, a process expected to take ...

TOKYO—Japanese companies seem keen to raise wages again next year, despite many bracing for a tariff hit to profits, a central bank report shows days ahead of its next policy meeting. The findings, ...

While the AI trade and the recent Fed rate cut take most of the focus here in the US, a bigger piece of news broke on Friday, which may end up mattering much more: the BOJ is due to raise rates this ...

TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Big Japanese manufacturers' business sentiment hit a four-year high ‌in the three months to December, a closely watched survey ‌showed on Monday, reinforcing market ...

TOKYO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan chief's vague commentary on the timing of the next interest rate hike last week riled up the yen bears once again, but hidden in his caution were firm clues ...

Japanese government bond yields continued their ascent, with the 10-year yield hitting a 26-year high, on expectations for further rate increases by the Bank of Japan 8301-1.12%decrease; red down ...

Martin Schulz, chief policy economist at Fujitsu, breaks down the Bank of Japan's latest move to raise rates for the second time this year. However he doesn't expect the BOJ to lift borrowing costs ...