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Japan’s Inflation Accelerates for 4th Month as BOJ Meets

Japan Inflation Firms To 2.8% Ahead Of BoJ Rate Decision

Japanese inflation rose slightly in August, with prices up 2.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed Friday, hours before the Bank of Japan was widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged.

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Japan’s Inflation Speeds Up Ahead of Expected BOJ Rate Hold

Japan’s key inflation gauge accelerated in August for a fourth consecutive month, hours before the Bank of Japan is scheduled to wrap up its latest policy decision meeting.

Japan's core inflation accelerates for 4th month in August

Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.

Asian shares, BOJ

CNBC on MSN · 1d

Japan's Nikkei leads gains in Asia after Wall Street soars; BOJ and PBOC keep rates unchanged

Traders in Asia will also look toward August consumer prices index from Japan and Hong Kong, and central bank decisions from Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China.

Reuters on MSN · 23h

Asian shares extend rally, yen edges higher as BOJ holds steady

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian shares extended their rally on Friday, bathing in the afterglow of an outsized interest U.S. rate cut, while the yen edged higher as the Bank of Japan held rates steady and stayed upbeat on the economy.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Asian Stocks Follow Wall Street's Rate-Cut Rally Higher, as BOJ Stands Pat

Asian stocks have surged, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index leading gains after Wall Street romped to records following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates

1d

BOJ keeps interest rate steady, upgrades view on consumption

"The upgrade in the BOJ's consumption assessment shows it is becoming increasingly convinced that things are on track, with ...

2d

Reversing The Japan Carry Trade: Why Business Leaders Should Pay Attention To International Monetary Policy

One impact, though, of this BOJ rate hike is that Japanese debt is effectively no longer free (or almost free) from an ...

Morning Bid: BOJ brings yen into sharper focus

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It was left to the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to end ...

2dIn Depth

How could Japan’s LDP election impact BOJ rate hike timing?

Japan's ruling party leadership race, which will determine who becomes next prime minister, could complicate the central bank ...

19h

Bank of Japan Pauses But Signals Normalization Will Continue

The Bank of Japan unanimously decided to keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.25%. Amid growing confidence in achieving its ...

1h

Dollar firms against yen after BOJ cautious tone over rate hikes

The dollar strengthened against the yen after the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged, while the U.S. dollar index ...

Wall Street Journal on MSN15h

BOJ Governor Strikes Cautious Note Over Global Economic Outlook

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda struck a cautious note about the global economic outlook, causing the yen to weaken ...

6don MSN

Japan Leadership Hopeful Takaichi Calls for BOJ to Keep Easing

One of the leading candidates to become Japan’s next prime minister said it was too soon for the Bank of Japan to move away ...

22h

BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday and revised up its assessment on consumption, signalling its ...

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