The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

In a speech to business leaders, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal ...

The scope and timing of US tariffs would have a big say, but while markets await Trump’s move on the EU, today’s report is ...

The dollar faces downside risks today as US payrolls should slow and annual benchmark revisions could be significant. That ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

The yen could strengthen beyond 150 against the dollar as the BOJ moves against the global tide of rate cuts, said SMBC Nikko Securities.

The BoE’s forecasts suggest it will only cut rates two more times over the next three years on the back of higher inflation and weaker underlying growth capacity. The 7-to-2 vote to cut rates with a ...

In line with our expectation, and that of economists and markets, the Bank of England lowered its key policy rate today by ...

In a blow to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, the BOE warned that inflation will rise “quite sharply” to peak at ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak economic activity, a justification it may use to lift interest rates beyond ...

George Saravelos, head of FX research at Deutsche Bank, said the tariff announcements were "at the most hawkish end of the protectionist spectrum we could have envisaged." He said the speed (Tuesday), ...