The nine-member board also discussed how to improve the way the BOJ communicates its policy intention to markets, with one flagging the idea of disclosing each member's forecast on the future ...

TOKYO ― The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise interest rates in coming months with January emerging as the most likely timing, when there will be more clarity on political and market developments ...

Some Bank of Japan board members were skeptical of the potential merits of releasing a rate path projection similar to the Federal Reserve’s dot plot when authorities discussed the idea during ...

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The exchange-traded funds (ETFs) owned by the BOJ are collectively worth 4.3 trillion yen more than the figure for the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which was the largest shareholder ...

In their first meeting since a surprise rate increase in July, which may have been at least in part responsible for a market crash, BOJ board members discussed how the bank speaks to the markets.

With a continued upside shift in price outlook, the BOJ needs to further discuss, and explain to the public, how it intends to proceed to the “exit” of its large-scale monetary easing policy ...

The BOJ’s efforts to telegraph its policy path came under fire after the board raised borrowing costs in July, a move that surprised markets and helped trigger a global market crash. The Nikkei 225 ...

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