Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The timing and extent of interest rate hikes will further depend on economic, financial, and price conditions.
On January 24th, the Bank of Japan raised its target interest rate from 0.25% to 0.50% if it expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points. The rate hike was the largest since 2007, and interest rates rose to a new high since October 2008. After restarting interest rate hikes in March last year, the Bank of Japan has raised interest rates three times in less than 12 months.
Bank of Japan: After raising interest rates on Friday, monetary policy conditions are likely to remain accommodative.
On January 24th, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 0.5% on Friday, in line with market consensus expectations, reflecting the bank's growing optimism that wages will continue to rise and inflation will continue to stay near its 2% target. The BoJ's rate hike is the third in less than a year and takes the policy rate to its highest level since 2008. The committee voted 8:1 to raise interest rates. Commissioner Toshiaki Nakamura opposed the decision to raise interest rates. Reports earlie...
The Bank of Japan raised its target interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.50 per cent from 0.25 per cent as expected, the biggest increase since 2007 and the highest since October 2008. The BoJ has raised rates three times in less than 12 months since it restarted in March last year.
According to Kyodo News Agency, the Bank of Japan is moving towards raising interest rates at this week's meeting.
Bank of America has revised its forecast for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates in January, or this week, from March. The bank now expects the BoJ to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.50 per cent at its policy meeting this Friday. A rate rise in March had previously been BofA's preferred forecast because it gave the BoJ more time to assess the policies of the new US administration. However, strong price data and the possibility that the BoJ board will need to revise its inflati...
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The yen weakened against most other G10 and Asian currencies in morning trading on the prospect of a slow rate hike by the Bank of Japan in 2025. Market participants have pushed back expectations for the next rate hike by the Bank of Japan until March, Lloyd Chan, an analyst at MUFG, said in a research note. The senior FX analyst said they had expected the Bank of Japan to raise rates in December 2024 or January 2025. Meanwhile, the long-term US national...
The Brazilian central bank raised the Selic rate by 100 basis points from 11.25% to 12.25%.
ECB Governing Council Vujcic: It is more appropriate to take a small interest rate hike in the context of uncertainty.
The Brazilian central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points, and the base rate was raised from 10.75% to 11.25%, in line with market expectations.
The Russian central bank raised interest rates by 200 basis points, raising the base rate from 19% to 21%, and the market expected a rate hike to 20%.
Reserve Bank of Australia President Bullock: No interest rate hike was explicitly considered at the meeting.
Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said that despite two interest rate hikes, Japan's interest rate may still be lower than the neutral rate.