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TOKYO—Japanese companies seem keen to raise wages again next year, despite many bracing for a tariff hit to profits, a central bank report shows days ahead of its next policy meeting. The findings, ...

While the AI trade and the recent Fed rate cut take most of the focus here in the US, a bigger piece of news broke on Friday, which may end up mattering much more: the BOJ is due to raise rates this ...

Daily record lows could stretch from Chicago to Maine. Freezing temperatures are hitting millions in the Midwest and Northeast on Thursday and Friday, bringing a brutal cold usually seen in January, ...

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The Bank of Japan should proceed cautiously with interest-rate increases, tightening at a pace that is neither too fast nor too slow, policy board member Asahi Noguchi said Thursday. The most ...

TOKYO--The first face-to-face meeting between Japan's prime minister and the head of its central bank has cooled expectations that an interest-rate hike is coming soon, sending the yen to a nine-month ...

The latest summary of opinions from Bank of Japan's policy meeting indicated a significant chance of an interest rate hike as soon as December, with roughly half of market watchers forecasting such a ...

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Uchida said the BOJ’s Tankan survey showed business sentiment is at a favorable level, indicating the economy is developing in line with the bank’s outlook. The reiteration of the policy stance is ...

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The Bank of Japan took another step toward policy normalization, announcing it would start to offload its massive exchange-traded fund holdings while keeping the door open to further hikes this year ...