5 days ago · What to watch: Japan's decades-long deflationary trap looks firmly in the past, the key reason the nation's central bank moved ahead with a rate hike. Japan is the only major economy with rising rates; elsewhere, rates are falling. Still, Japan is raising rates from a deeply negative territory. Its roughly 0.5% rate, as of today, is still quite ...

Jan 20, 2025 · The Bank of Japan is on course to raise interest rates on Friday, according to economists, as long as Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration speech does not trigger market turmoil.

Jan 20, 2025 · The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday barring any market shocks when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that would lift short-term borrowing costs to ...

The Bank of Japan 8301-2.16% decrease; red down pointing triangle kicked off a global market selloff last time it raised interest rates. The likely rate increase this week will be less dramatic ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Bank of Japan will likely raise rates this week if markets remain calm following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. “The BOJ has sent out a clear ...

Nov 7, 2024 · A dollar rally triggered by Republican Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election could heighten pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates as soon as December to...

Jan 20, 2025 · THE EXPECTATION: The Bank of Japan looks set to raise interest rates this week, unless what Donald Trump says in his inauguration address as U.S. president on Monday rattles financial markets ...

Dec 19, 2024 · TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged Thursday in a move widely expected by the market due to a lack of clarity over wage trends at home and caution over the outlook...

Dec 19, 2024 · Ueda said the central bank was seeking greater clarity on Japanese wage growth as well as how Trump’s fiscal, trade and immigration policies would affect global financial markets. But such...

Nov 7, 2024 · TOKYO (Reuters) – A dollar rally triggered by Republican Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election could heighten pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates as...