Though Japan's 0.75 percent policy rate remains low compared to interest rates in the U.S. and Europe, it marks a symbolic end to the country's prolonged era of ultra-low interest rates. This shift ...

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to ‌raise interest rates on Friday to a three-decade high ‌and pledge to keep hiking borrowing costs, closing the year with two rate hikes despite ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday to help curb inflation, as widely expected, and financial markets took the move in stride. The 0.25 percentage point hike took ...

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

Given how deeply interconnected the global financial system is, in this article, I want to explore the potential butterfly effect of the expected rate hike by the Bank of Japan. For readers unfamiliar ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) voted unanimously to raise interest rates from 0.50% to 0.75% at its December meeting, this marks the highest interest rate in Japan since 1995 and aligning with market ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday to help curb inflation, as widely expected, and financial markets took the move in stride. The 0.25 percentage point hike took ...

Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average. — © AFP Kazuhiro NOGI Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board ...