The BOJ’s first major quantitative tightening step took place in July 2024 when it decided to slash bond buying by ¥400 billion every quarter. The bank estimated the move would shrink its bond ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan made a significant step toward shrinking its massive balance sheet last week, while market watchers were fixated on the biggest interest rate increase from the ...

The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely bring the central bank's thinking ...

The Bank of Japan’s government bond holdings surged ... “I think this is not necessarily what the balance sheet (statement of assets and liabilities) of a central bank should be,” Ueda ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday barring any market shocks when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that would lift short-term ...

If you were hoping a U.S. soft landing, coming down the other side of inflation and interest rate peaks would smooth the path for world markets next year, the Bank of Japan’s shock policy pivot ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition ... economist at Nomura Research Institute. BALANCE SHEET WOES The BOJ ended negative interest ...