Richard Franulovich of Westpac sees the dollar-yen reaching mid-140s, but says a repeat of the yen carry trade unwind in 2024 ...

2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) A security guard stands guard at an entrance of Tokyo Sock Exchange building, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) A Japanese flag ...

"The Bank of Japan is dialling back monetary policy support despite the poor run of economic data. The weak yen is a key reason," Moody's Analytics said in a note. Data released Friday ... inflation ...

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark ... Himino said that it was the main scenario that wage hikes as high as in 2024 is realized in 2025." Takesh Yamaguchi, chief Japan economist at ...

The Bank of Japan on Friday raised ... was a firm upward revision in the inflation forecasts for 2024 and 2025 fiscal years. With core CPI (which in Japan excludes fresh food but not energy ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its ... marking its third hike since ending negative interest rates in March 2024, supported by strong wage growth and ...

The move comes in line with expectations from CNBC’s survey, where an overwhelming majority of economists predicted a hike.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino has signaled ... "I hope to see strong wage hikes in fiscal 2025 as we did in fiscal 2024, given the high ratio of firms reporting favorable business ...

The Japanese central bank left the policy rate unchanged at its previous meeting in December. TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov ... Yusuke Matsuo said in a research note. “But based on past ...

The producer price index hit a record high for the third straight year in 2024, reflecting moves by companies to reflect higher material and labor costs in their prices, a Bank of Japan report ...

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise ... main scenario that wage hikes as high as in 2024 is realized in 2025." Takeshi Yamaguchi, chief Japan economist at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities ...