OKAYAMA--The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% as soon as the second half of next fiscal year, hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura said on Thursday, reinforcing the bank's ...

Naoki Tamura, a member of the BOJ's policy board, said on Feb. 6 that the central bank needs to raise its policy rate to "at least 1%" in the second half of the fiscal year that starts in April.

The Bank of Japan maintained its key short-term interest rate at around 0.25% during its final meeting of the year, keeping it at the highest level since 2008 and meeting market consensus.

“My view is that ... the output gap is already in positive territory in reality and the lack of supply capacity is exerting upward pressure on prices,” Naoki Tamura, a hawkish BOJ board ...

The yen strengthened as far as 151.81 per dollar - the strongest level since December 12 - in the Tokyo morning, after the BOJ’s Naoki Tamura said the central bank must raise rates to at least 1 ...

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