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Yen slides, dollar gains as Bank of Japan is expected to maintain...
Data earlier on Friday showed Japan's core inflation rose to 3.3%, matching a median market forecast but remaining ahead of the BoJ's 2% target.
Japan keeps interest rates low, defying global race to tighten
22 Sept 2022 7:50 AMThe decision came after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered its third straight rate increase of 75 basis points on Wednesday and signalled more hikes,...
Japan’s imports, exports balloon on energy costs, cheap yen
20 Oct 2022 6:05 AMImports totaled 10.9 trillion yen ($72.7 billion) in September, according to the Finance Ministry, up nearly 46% from the same month a year ago on the...
Glittering gold gives markets some Christmas cheer
21 Dec 2022 8:10 AMMSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4%. Japan's Nikkei was down 0.4%, paring earlier losses of around 1%. Gold miners in...
China stocks flat, Hong Kong inch higher on border reopening hopes
21 Dec 2022 9:17 AMEven Japan's Nikkei lifted off the two-month low it hit after the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) surprise decision to loosen its tight leash on government bond...
Asian shares inch higher, BOJ battles bond bears
16 Jan 2023 2:38 AMThere were rumours the BOJ might hold an emergency meeting on Monday as it struggles to defend its new yield ceiling in the face of massive selling.
Euro hits 9-month high as ECB hawks let fly
23 Jan 2023 12:44 PMThe euro reached as high as $1.0927 , breaking the recent peak of $1.08875, to trade at its highest level since April last year. It was last up 0.2%...
Bank of Japan's unrealized loss on govt bonds widens to $68bn
4 Feb 2023 10:34 AMDuring a parliamentary session, Kuroda said that the book value of BOJ's government bond holdings at the end of December 2022 reached 564.1 trillion...