* BOJ concludes 2-day meeting, decision expected 0300-0430 GMT * Board to debate rate hike timing, July move likely close call * BOJ seen halving bond buying in 1.5-2 years' time in QT plan * Governor Ueda likely to brief media 0630 GMT By Leika Kihara TOKYO, - The Bank of Japan is expected to detail plans to taper its …
The Bank of Japan kept its short-term interest rate target unchanged at -0.1% on Friday but also took steps to make its yield curve control policy more flexible. The central bank maintained guidance allowing the 10-year yield to move 0.5% around the 0% target, but said those would now be "references" rather than "rigid limits", Reuters reported. Meanwhile, earlier this …
TOKYO — Japan’s central bank opted Friday to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but fine-tuned its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility in its policies given the “high uncertainties” facing the world’s third-largest economy. The BOJ has resisted raising its longstanding minus 0.1% benchmark rate out of concern that growth in Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, may …
The Bank of Japan has loosened its longstanding shackles on 10-year bond yields. Though some think the move is a precursor to a possible interest rate hike next year, experts say it’s too early to tell The Bank of Japan sprung took experts and markets alike by surprise after an unexpected policy shift. “The writing’s on the wall that perhaps …
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