Economics ❯ Monetary Policy ❯ Interest Rates ❯ Bank of Japan

Inflation

U.S. and Japan Coordinate to Buy Yen, Halt Four-Decade Slide

The operation seeks to stop disorderly yen moves to limit spillovers to Japanese bond markets and global yields.

Japan’s Draft Growth Blueprint Presses BOJ to Back Demand as Bank Signals More Rate Rises

Oil Slide After US‑Iran Truce Forces Central Banks to Rethink Rate Timetables

Central Banks Take Different Paths as Fed Holds and BOJ Steps Up Tightening

Bank of Japan Raises Policy Rate to 1.0% in 31‑Year Move

BOJ Likely to Lift Policy Rate to 1% at Mid‑June Meeting

Treasury Yields Jump as Oil Shock Rekindles Inflation and Tests New Fed Chair Warsh

BOJ Flags Possible June Rate Rise as Investors Reprice and Yields Surge

Fed Officials See Inflation Shock From Iran War, Push Cuts Further Out

Japan Intervenes to Prop Up Yen

U.S. Cool to Iran’s Hormuz Offer as Oil Tops $110

Fed Poised to Hold Rates as Bowman Flags Job-Market Risks; ECB Steady, BOJ Hints at Earlier Tightening

BOJ’s Ueda Signals Readiness for More Rate Hikes as Wage–Price Cycle Firms

Yen Firms After Tokyo Signals It Has a Free Hand to Intervene

Bank of Japan Lifts Policy Rate to 0.75%, Highest Since 1995

BOJ Lifts Rate to 0.75% as Yen Slips and Risk Assets Rally on Softer U.S. Inflation

BOJ Warns of Overheating as Takaichi Plans Big Stimulus, Analysts See December Hike

Coalition Impasse Delays Takaichi’s Confirmation as Yen Slides on Policy Bets

Fed Begins Cautious Easing With Quarter-Point Cut as Labor Market Softens

U.S. PPI Surge Ends Market Expectations for Fed Half-Point Cut