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BOJ may face more pressure to hike rates as weak yen hits consumer spending

Japan's weak consumption may heighten, rather than tame, already growing political pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates to slow the yen's declines blamed for hurting households via higher import costs.

Wall Street Journal · 4d

Japan’s Economy Shrinks Again as Inflation Hits Consumers’ Pocketbooks

The weakness of the yen currency drives up the prices of imported food and gasoline.

U.S. News & World Report · 4d

Japan's Economy Shrinks on Weak Consumer Spending, Auto Woes

Japan has reported that its economy contracted at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of the year, as spending and exports declined

Reuters on MSN · 2d

Analysis-BOJ may face more pressure to hike rates as weak yen hits consumer spending

Bloomberg on MSN · 4d

Japan Economy Contracts as Consumers, Businesses Cut Spending

Japan's economy contracted in the first quarter, with gross domestic product shrinking at an annualized pace of 2%, as consumers and companies reduced spending. The weak results come with the Bank of Japan looking closely at data to determine when it should next raise interest rates after it conducted its first hike in 17 years in March.

Japan’s 10-Year Bond Yield Hits Decade-High Amid BOJ Policy Bets

Japan’s benchmark government bond yield climbed to highest since 2013 amid expectations that the Bank of Japan is committed ...

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MNI INTERVIEW: June Cut To JGB Buys Possible For BOJ-Sakurai

The Bank of Japan could reduce its purchases of government bonds from about JPY6 trillion per month to around JPY5 trillion ...

Nikkei Asia7h

Potential for earlier BOJ rate hike rises amid hawkish signals, weak yen

That was before the yen traded at multidecade lows even after two suspected government interventions to boost the currency ...

Bank Of Japan Is The Dog That Caught The Car

The inflation that it’s been struggling to generate for decades is finally here. And yet the BOJ doesn’t quite know what to ...

Business Recorder3h

Nikkei lower on BOJ policy uncertainty

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average snapped a three-day winning streak to end lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s ...

Wall Street Journal4h

JGB Futures Fall, Weighed by BOJ Rate-Hike Expectations

0014 GMT — JGB futures fall in the early Tokyo session. Expectations for when the BOJ will raise rates seem to have been brought forward, with some market participants anticipating a hike at the ...

10don MSN

BOJ's board turned hawkish in April, steady rate hikes now in view

Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting with some seeing the chance of ...

BOJ Slips Backward on Diversity With All Male Executive Lineup

The Bank of Japan fell further behind its global peers on efforts to promote gender equality as it returned to an all male ...

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