TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on Thursday, suggesting uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs and the hit to exports could ...

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on May 1, suggesting uncertainty surrounding US tariffs and the hit to exports could keep policy ...

May 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and cut its growth forecasts on Thursday, as uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs clouds the outlook for the world's fourth-largest ...

As widely expected, the BOJ kept short-term interest rates steady at 0.5% by a unanimous vote. Given growing headwinds from higher U.S. tariffs, the board slashed its economic growth and inflation ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo addresses a press conference on Thursday, explaining the Bank’s decision to maintain the interest rate at 0.50% for the second consecutive meeting. The Bank of ...

In a quarterly outlook report released after the meeting, the BOJ cut its economic growth forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026 to 0.5% from 1.1% projected three months ago.

The BOJ revised down its gross domestic product outlook for the year ending in March 2026 to 0.5% growth from the previous 1.1%, according to its quarterly report. The Bank left interest rates ...

As widely expected, the board decided to keep the BOJ's short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.5% by a unanimous vote. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is expected to hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m ...

At the two-day meeting ending on Thursday, the BOJ is widely expected to keep short-term interest rates steady at 0.5 per cent. Given growing headwinds from higher U.S. tariffs, the board is ...

It was the first board meeting since Washington announced a wave of "reciprocal" tariffs in early April. The BOJ also stood pat at its March gathering following a 25-basis-point hike in January.

The debate may be swayed by what BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda heard in Washington last week, where the International Monetary Fund slashed its global growth forecasts and policymakers fret about ...

The Nikkei share average extended gains to rise as much as 1% after the policy announcement. "The BOJ’s downward revisions to the GDP outlooks for FY2025 and FY2026 were larger than we had ...