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 of further ...

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 ...

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is widely expected to signal a pause in policy normalisation this week as US tariffs heighten global uncertainty, without shifting its stance on gradually raising ...

Against this backdrop, the BOJ is projected to consider lowering its fiscal 2025 growth forecast for the Japanese economy, which stood at 1.1% in its latest Outlook for Economic Activity and ...

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 of further ...

That suggests discussions may have touched upon Japan’s monetary policy, as both wages and prices are key to the timing and pace of further interest rate hikes by the BOJ. Sources have told ...

BOJ board members meet for two days from Wednesday and will discuss the outlook for the economy and prices for the current and next fiscal years. As of January, the central bank's median forecast ...

BOJ watchers will scrutinize policymakers’ quarterly economic projections for any hint on the extent of the pause. After lifting borrowing costs three times since March of last year, the central ...