The Bank of Japan is close to ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, with expected historical wage hikes ... and were mostly done by year-end, say sources familiar with the bank ...

"The overall tone of the meeting was hawkish, with the central bank noting that real interest rates remain negative and signalling ... tighten monetary policy. "Japan's economic activity and ...

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In a widely anticipated move, the Bank of Japan on Jan. 24 raised its short-term policy rate to 0.50% from 0.25%. Read more ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level ...

Japan's central bank raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts.

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end ... rate policy, and in 2016, it went a step further by implementing negative ...

The Bank of Japan increased the rate for the first time in 17 years in March last year, ending its negative interest rate policy, which amounts to negative borrowing rates. Japan’s long-time ...

The decision by the central bank came at the end of a ... The Bank of Japan made its first rate increase in 17 years in March last year, ending its negative interest rate policy, which amounts ...

The Bank of Japan raised its short-term interest rate to the highest in seventeen years on Friday as expected, aiming for a ...

The Bank of Japan increased the rate for the first time in 17 years in March last year, ending its negative interest rate policy, which amounts to negative borrowing rates. Japan’s longtime ...