The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate unchanged Friday ... negative interest rate policy last month and abolished its yield curve control policy. The currency broke through the 156 mark against ...

Governor Kuroda Haruhiko faced questions in parliament on November 2 about whether the central bank was correct ... to know about "yield curve control" (YCC), a policy Japan has been pursuing ...

Goldman Sachs expects the BOJ to raise interest rates at its March meeting ending Tuesday, bringing forward its previous ...

The aim of YCC is to control the whole curve by buying 10-year bonds. Ideally for the bank, a lower 10-year yield would pull down the whole curve while keeping it smooth. However, Japan's yield ...

TOKYO -- Bank ... Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda on Wednesday left open the option for a rate hike on May 1, mentioning the risk of an upward swing in inflation and vowing to "avoid falling behind the curve." ...

Nonetheless, we think the downward shift in the yield curve this last month means the bond market might be insufficiently weighing the risks of the inflation spike on duration assets. While ...

The Bank of Japan shocked markets on Tuesday with ... investors who had expected the BOJ to make no changes to its yield curve control (YCC) until Governor Haruhiko Kuroda steps down in April.

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady ... “We’ll make sure not to be too behind the curve” in dealing with domestic inflation risks, he added. Having just raised interest rates ...

The January figure also represents the highest level since June 2023, further solidifying a hawkish outlook for the Bank of Japan's monetary policy. The core inflation rate rose to a 19-month high ...

The Bank of Japan signaled worries over the potential impact from US tariff policies and kept its benchmark rate unchanged, ...

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield surged to 1.575% on March 10 ... reinforcing expectations of gradual interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank ...