The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end ...

The first central bank meetings of 2025 suggest it will be a year in which policymakers go their own way as economic paths diverge, as the United States holds interest rates steady, the euro zone cuts ...

The BOJ’s first major quantitative tightening step took place in July 2024 when it decided to slash bond buying by ¥400 ...

China is suffering from deflation, devaluation, capital flight and the loss of foreign investment — all at the same time.

The financials sector performed strongly in global markets during Q4, largely due to a combination of monetary easing and ...

Economic strength in the US relative to other major economies is likely to drive contrasting paths for interest rates ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) board discussed the role of the economys neutral interest rate in shaping monetary policy during ...

The BoJ reaffirmed its cautious approach, stating that any future policy adjustments will depend on inflation trends, wage ...

The government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an economics professor at Waseda University, as a new member of the Bank of ...

Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to ...

The appointment comes at a critical time for the BOJ, which last week raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis on the view Japan was on the cusp of sustainably ach ...