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Japan inflation 3.4 percent in April, meeting market expectations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 08:34 AM

Japan's consumer prices rose 3.4 percent on-year in April, in line with market expectations, government data showed Friday. Read more »

Bank of Japan keeps easing policies at Kuroda's last meeting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 11:18 AM

The Bank of Japan said it will stick to its longstanding monetary easing policies. Read more »

Bank of Japan's next chief says monetary easing 'appropriate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 12:36 PM

The Bank of Japan's long-standing monetary easing policies are "appropriate", its next governor Kazuo Ueda told parliament on Friday, suggesting no sudden changes to the bank's stance when he takes the helm in April. Read more »

Japan inflation hits 4.2 percent in January

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 08:22 AM

Japan's consumer prices rose 4.2 percent in January from a year earlier, a level not seen since September 1981, fuelled in part by higher energy bills, government data showed Friday. Read more »

Bank of Japan's 'bazooka' chief Kuroda's record tenure

Etienne Balmer, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 11:59 AM

Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda is stepping down after a 10-year tenure defined by his signature "bazooka" of easy money policies, designed to reboot the country's moribund economy. Read more »

Japan GDP rebounds less than expected in fourth quarter

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 10:44 AM

Japan's economy expanded just 0.2 percent in the last quarter of 2022, a smaller rebound than expected despite the long-awaited reopening of the country to tourists, government data showed. Read more »

Japan PM nominates Kazuo Ueda as Bank of Japan governor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 10:39 AM

Economics professor Kazuo Ueda was nominated Tuesday as the Bank of Japan's next governor, tasked with navigating a way forward after a decade of extraordinary monetary easing. Read more »

Asian markets rise as BOJ defies market bets for policy tweaks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:35 PM

Philippine shares rise in steps with Asian peers as investors cheer the Bank of Japan's move to maintain status quo. Read more »

Asian markets up on recovery hopes, yen sinks after BoJ decision

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 02:26 PM

Asian markets rose Wednesday to maintain their strong start to the year, with Tokyo soaring and the yen tumbling after the Bank of Japan decided against further tweaking monetary policy. Read more »

Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged, yen weakens

Kyoko Hasegawa and Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 01:32 PM

Japan's central bank left its ultra-easy monetary policy unchanged on Wednesday, sending the yen plunging against the dollar. Read more »

Asian markets track Wall St down as recession worries return

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 12:30 PM

Asian markets fell again Friday after forecast-beating US data fuelled expectations that the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates well into next year. Read more »

Asian markets enjoy some much-needed festive cheer

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 22 05:02 PM

Asian markets extended a Wall Street advance into Thursday as forecast-busting US earnings and consumer confidence data tempered worries about a deep recession. Read more »

Bank of Japan sticks to easing despite yen pressure

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 12:11 PM

The Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policies, even as the yen comes under pressure from tightening by the US Federal Reserve. Read more »

Japan inflation at highest level since 2014

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 21 08:59 AM

Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0 percent in September year-on-year, the government said Friday, the highest level since 2014, as the falling yen and rising energy costs hit households hard. Read more »

Japan central bank keeps ultralow rates, yen falls

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 22 08:52 PM

The Bank of Japan on Thursday maintained its ultralow rate policy to support the pandemic-hit economy as widely expected. Read more »

Bank of Japan lifts growth forecast, keeps policy unchanged

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 02:46 PM

Japan's central bank on Tuesday raised its growth forecasts for the world's third-largest economy, citing expected stronger demand, and left its ultra-loose monetary policy in place. Read more »

Japan bank deposits rise at record pace as firms, households hoard cash

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 10:43 AM

Japanese bank deposits surged at a record annual pace in January, data showed on Monday, a sign companies and households were continuing to hoard cash to guard against the prolonged damage from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

BOJ debated room for stimulus tweaks with eye on long battle with pandemic

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 09:37 AM

Bank of Japan policymakers kicked off discussions in October on ways to make their massive stimulus programme more sustainable, with one member calling for a tweak to the bank's huge purchases of risky assets, minutes of the meeting showed on Wednesday. Read more »

Kuroda says BOJ will help keep FX moves stable, watching U.S. election fallout

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 04 12:08 PM

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank will work closely with financial authorities to help keep currency moves stable, adding he was closely watching how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election could affect markets.   Read more »

BOJ's Kuroda says economy to continue recovering from pandemic's pain

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 03:31 PM

The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for most of the country's nine regions to say they were starting to pick up, underscoring the central bank's growing conviction the economy is emerging from the worst hit of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »