The Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained its key short-term interest rate at around 0.25% during its final meeting of the year, keeping it at the highest level since 2008 and meeting market consensus. The vote was split 8-1, with board member Naoki Tamura advocating for a 25bps increase. Thur...
I’ve read reviews, I’ve read product pages – I did my best to make an informed decision, because at first I considered buying the X2 or X3 as older models often are cheaper with only slightly fewer / worse features. The X2 was out of the race when I read in a review that it...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. The Bank of Japan’s lending rate for overnight borrowing by banks was raised to a range of 0 to ...
($19.6 billion), from the current 6 trillion yen, as of early 2026. in march, the boj had ended its negative rate policy and set the overnight call rate as its new policy rate, guiding it in a range of 0-0.1%. "given that today's decision is only four m...
/s Seriously, this will weaken the Yen even more by also accelerating the inflation rate... -5 ( +1 / -6 ) Nov. 29 11:03 am JST Posted in: Tokyo-Hakata Nozomi bullet trains eye reducing nonreserved seats See in context Another veey bad decision by JR. Personally, for me, I ...
“As widely expected, the BOJ scrapped negative interest rate policy. It has also begun to normalize monetary policy, including by eliminating the YCC. “The decision is undoubtedly a historic turning point. This means that the Japanese economy is entering an inflationary economy and that interest...
At the March meeting that ends next Tuesday, they are expected to maintain the status quo, but we must admit that this is a delicate decision.” On Friday, the three major US stock indexes closed down, and investors began to think that the Federal Reserve might not cut interest rates ...
As of 2010, the proportions of Japanese men and women who had never been married at age 50 were 20.1% and 10.6%, respectively, it was announced today. This is the first time that the 20% and 10% barriers have been broken. This information is to be included in “Children and Child-Re...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. The Bank of Japan’s lending rate for overnight borrowing by banks w
“Today’s decision may give an impression to foreign investors that the Bank of Japan will not be able to manage rate decision flexibly,” he said. In a sign of political pressure on the central bank to move, Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said earlier on Friday the BOJ must work close...