NIIGATA, Japan :The Bank of Japan must continue to normalise monetary policy by raising real interest rates to "a state of equilibrium" to avoid creating unintended distortions in the future, board ...

NIIGATA, Japan :The Bank of Japan must continue to normalise monetary policy by raising real interest rates to "a state of equilibrium" to avoid creating unintended distortions in the future, its ...

NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must keep raising real interest rates to "a state of equilibrium," board member Junko Koeda said on Thursday in the wake of renewed yen slides, driven by ...

Tokyo, Nov. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan should raise interest rates to avoid future distortions as rates are currently significantly low, BOJ policymaker Junko Koeda said on Thursday. The ...

A key gauge of inflation in Japan is reaching the central bank's target, says a member of its policy board, signaling that the next Bank of Japan interest-rate hike may be coming soon. Underlying ...

The Bank of Japan may signal a December interest rate hike in the wake of stubborn inflation and yen weakness.

Market participants are increasingly speculating that the Bank of Japan could raise its policy interest rate in December, in light of recent remarks by senior BOJ officials indicating the central bank ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is preparing markets for a possible interest rate hike as soon as next month, sources say, reviving previous hawkish language as worries about sharp yen declines ...