TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - New Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said the country's real interest rates are currently "extremely low," as inflation accelerates backed by solid growth in wages.

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated while potentially prolonged political paralysis and a global trade war ...

Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said she was keeping a close eye on possible second-round effects on underlying inflation from recent rises in the price of rice, Bloomberg News reported on ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely bring the ...

Junko Koeda, a new member on the Bank of Japan's policy board, holds her inaugural news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday. | Bloomberg By Toru Fujioka Bloomberg SHARE/SAVE Mar 27, 2025 ...

Masu's appointment followed that in March of Junko Koeda, an academic known as a fiscal and monetary hawk who succeeded another dovish member - a pick analysts described as tipping the board ...

Japan's lower house of parliament confirmed Junko Koeda to join the Bank of Japan’s policy board, essentially ensuring she’ll be approved, in a development that supports the bank’s quest to ...

The Japanese government has nominated Junko Koeda, a political science and economics professor at Waseda University, to join the Bank of Japans (BOJ) nine-member board. Koedas appointment comes at ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said she was keeping a close eye on possible second-round effects on underlying inflation from recent rises in the price of rice, Bloomberg ...

Newcomer Junko Koeda, a 49-year-old academic known as a fiscal and monetary hawk, is likely to reinforce the shift towards higher interest rates and bring fresh thinking into a central bank long ...