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1 week ago | 
financialpost.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Advertisement 1The Bank of Japan stood pat on its interest rate and unveiled a plan to step back from the bond market at a slower pace from next year, in a sign of caution following heightened market volatility. Article content(Bloomberg) — The Bank of Japan stood pat on its interest rate and unveiled a plan to step back from the bond market at a slower pace from next year, in a sign of caution following heightened market volatility.
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1 week ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan stood pat on its interest rate and unveiled a plan to step back from the bond market at a slower pace from next year, in a sign of caution following heightened market volatility.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan unveiled a plan to step back from the bond market at a slower pace from next year to ensure market stability while sticking to a path of normalization that includes the possibility of more rate hikes. Governor Kazuo Ueda’s policy board stood pat on its benchmark policy rate of 0.5% at the end of a two-day meeting Tuesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Bank of Japan officials see prices rising a little stronger than they expected earlier in the year, a factor that may open the door to discussions over whether to raise interest rates if global trade tensions ease, according to people familiar with the matter. The officials expect the central bank’s benchmark interest rate to be left at 0.5% at the end of a two-day gathering next week as they need to monitor developments in tariff talks globally and their economic implications, the people said.
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2 weeks ago | 
financialpost.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
Advertisement 1Bank of Japan officials see prices rising a little stronger than they expected earlier in the year, a factor that may open the door to discussions over whether to raise interest rates if global trade tensions ease, according to people familiar with the matter.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo. (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan officials see prices rising a little stronger than they expected earlier in the year, a factor that may open the door to discussions over whether to raise interest rates if global trade tensions ease, according to people familiar with the matter.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka |Sumio Ito
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan is likely to slow the pace of tapering its government bond purchases next fiscal year at the board’s upcoming meeting, according to a former BOJ executive director in charge of monetary policy. The central bank has reduced the monthly pace of bond buying by ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) per quarter since last summer. Whether it’ll maintain that tempo in fiscal 2026 is a key focus of the two-day gathering ending on June 17.
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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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.
