Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will size up the need to raise interest rates on Friday amid heightened expectations of a hike — and barring a market shock triggered by Donald Trump’s first few days in the White House.

The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates twice in 2025 and twice more in 2026, International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said on Friday. In its latest World Economic Outlook,

The Bank of Japan holds its first policy meeting of the year next week and the outcome will be announced days after the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan's long-term quantitative and qualitative easing measures since 2013 had the side effect of loosening fiscal discipline, 64% of respondents said in a new Nikkei poll of economists.

More than 95% of people in Japan feel prices have increased over the past year, a survey by the Bank of Japan has shown. The share of respondents who felt higher prices compared with a year before rose to 95.1% in the latest December survey released Friday, from 94.7% in September.

Japan’s 40-year government bond yield reached an all-time high, amid a global debt selloff and speculation that the Bank of Japan may hike interest rates in the future.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires.

The data comes in the wake of Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s remarks on Wednesday that the bank will debate whether to raise rates at the Jan. 23-24 meeting, signaling it will take ...

Japan's 10-year bond yields rose to their highest in nearly 14 years as investors eye more interest rate rises by the Bank of Japan. Continued evidence that Japan's years-long period of deflationary p

Most investors have their eyes set on President Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, which has the potential to be a key catalyst for bitcoin (BTC)

Japan's annual wholesale inflation held steady at 3.8 per cent in December on stubbornly high food costs, data showed on Thursday, highlighting persistent price pressures that may prod the central bank to raise interest rates next week.

Outstanding bank lending in Japan stood at a record high of ¥605.8 trillion at the end of 2024, up 4.4% from a year before, according to industry data.