The BOJ ended negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy rate to 0.25% in July on the view Japan was ...

The Bank of Japan is laying the groundwork to raise interest rates again, but has left markets guessing how soon and at what ...

The Bank of Japan’s interest payments on excessive reserves reached a record high, underscoring the costs of policy ...

Japan's central bank has raised the cost ... The hike means that there are no longer any countries left with negative interest rates. When negative rates are in force people have to pay to deposit ...

A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation held steady near 3% in October, data showed on Tuesday, reinforcing the central bank's view that rising wages are prodding more firms to pass on ...

The Bank of Japan is laying the groundwork to raise interest rates again, but has left markets guessing how soon and at what pace it could push up still-low borrowing costs.

With an end to negative rates seen as nearly a done deal, the market's attention is shifting to any clues the BOJ could give on the pace of any interest rate hikes thereafter. The stakes are high.

An end to negative short-term rates would be Japan’s first interest rate hike since 2007. Related News BOJ to debate ending negative rates in March if wage survey strong--sources ...

Meanwhile, Japan has maintained an ultra-low interest rate policy since introducing negative (-) interest rates in 2016. The aim was to encourage commercial banks to lend at low interest rates ...

Japan's central bank has raised the cost ... It meant that there were no longer any countries in the world left with negative interest rates. In 2016, the BoJ cut its main interest rate below ...

Silvio Gesell supported the idea of negative nominal interest rates in the late 19th century, but the issue was little talked about until Japan’s deflationary trappings towards the latter stages of ...

Japan’s monetary policy shift, ending its experiment with negative interest rates, is unlikely to yield the expected results amid China’s economic stagnation. Japan is hopeful about the ...