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2 days ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Bloomberg — Es probable que los funcionarios del Banco de Japón consideren desacelerar su retirada de la compra de deuda pública en una reunión de política a finales de este mes, según personas familiarizadas con el asunto. Los funcionarios probablemente discutirán hacer reducciones más pequeñas a la compra de bonos del banco central desde el actual ritmo de reducción de 400.000 millones de yenes (US$2.800 millones) por trimestre, según las personas.
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2 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Kazuo Ueda at the Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo. (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan officials are likely to consider slowing its pullback from buying government debt at a policy meeting later this month, according to people familiar with the matter. The officials will probably discuss making smaller reductions to the central bank’s bond buying from the current paring pace of ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) per quarter, according to the people.
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5 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo. (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan will probably decide to stop reducing the amount of its government bond purchases in a plan for next fiscal year when authorities gather this month, as they eye a worrisome surge in JGB yields, according to a former BOJ board member.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo. (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan officials see little need to change their existing stance of gradually raising interest rates for now despite uncertainties stemming from US tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter. The BOJ officials see the Trump administration’s tariff campaign and retaliatory actions against the US as likely to weaken Japan’s economy and possibly delaying progress toward the bank’s price target, the people said.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
The Bank of Japan will probably leave aside raising interest rates for now due to uncertainties stemming from US tariff measures that could deal a blow to Japan’s economy, according to a former executive director. “They will be in a wait-and-see mode for a while,” Kenzo Yamamoto, the former executive, said in an interview Monday. “We don’t know if it’s really a 90 day pause, but the BOJ probably wants to see how the talks will proceed with US.”
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1 month ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
The Bank of Japan will probably leave aside raising interest rates for now due to uncertainties stemming from US tariff measures that could deal a blow to Japan’s economy, according to a former executive director. “They will be in a wait-and-see mode for a while,” Kenzo Yamamoto, the former executive, said in an interview Monday.
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2 months ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
A former Bank of Japan board member who just finished his term said that unless U.S. tariffs trigger global market turmoil, the central bank could raise its benchmark rate at its next policy meeting, given Japan’s improving inflation dynamics. "I would probably vote for a rate hike at the May gathering if proposed,” Seiji Adachi said Wednesday in his first interview following the end of his five-year term last week.
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2 months ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
A former Bank of Japan board member who just finished his term said that unless US tariffs trigger global market turmoil, the central bank could raise its benchmark rate at its next policy meeting, given Japan’s improving inflation dynamics. “I would probably vote for a rate hike at the May gathering if proposed,” Seiji Adachi said Wednesday in his first interview following the end of his five-year term last week. “It’s probably better to move now if the financial market is calm.”
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2 months ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Bank of Japan officials see several reasons against intervening in the bond market even after benchmark yields hit the highest level since 2008, according to people familiar with the matter who have elaborated on the thinking behind recent remarks from Gov. Kazuo Ueda. Speaking in parliament Wednesday, Ueda indicated he has little problem with the recent rising yield trend, as it reflects the market’s view on Japan’s economy and inflation and shifts in interest rates overseas.
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2 months ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Bank of Japan officials see several reasons against intervening in the bond market even after benchmark yields hit the highest level since 2008, according to people familiar with the matter, elaborating on the thinking behind recent remarks from Governor Kazuo Ueda. Speaking in parliament Wednesday, Ueda indicated he has little problem with the recent rising yield trend, as it reflects the market’s view on Japan’s economy and inflation and shifts in interest rates overseas.
