BOJ shifts focus away from output gap, towards labour shortage Board debated wage pressure, stagflation risk at January ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike ...

As interest rates rise, the value of JGBs could plummet due to heightened inflation and duration risks. Click to read.

Underlying inflation in Japan is still slightly below the central bank’s target of 2%, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said, ...

JAPANESE household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much faster-than-expected pace. Read more at The Business Times.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.

Investors breathed a sigh of relief after US President Donald Trump agreed to delay 25% trade tariffs against Canada and ...

Japan’s wage data, Services PMI, and BoJ rate hike bets drive yen moves. Key U.S. labor data may also impact Fed policy ...