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The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at 0.25% at Thursday's meeting, as we expected. We believe that the...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at 0.25% at Thursday's meeting, as we expected. We believe that the...
Research Briefing
We now believe that the Bank of Japan will wait until January to hike the policy rate. We previously assumed...
Research Briefing
The ruling Liberal Democratic party and its partner Komeito lost their majority in Japan's lower house elections on Sunday, which...
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The Bank of Japan maintained its policy rate at 0.25% during Friday's meeting. Although we still expect an additional rate...
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We now expect the Bank of Japan will implement an additional rate hike this year, possibly in October, given the...
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We estimate that Japan's nominal neutral interest rate – the rate consistent with monetary policy that is neither stimulative nor...
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At Wednesday's policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised the policy rate to 0.25% without clear evidence of wage-driven...
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At the July policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will reveal its plan for reducing JGB purchases over the...
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As expected, the BoJ maintained its policy rate at 0%-0.1% at Friday's meeting. With more confidence on the ongoing wage-driven...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided to end its negative interest rates policy and set the target band for the overnight market rate at...
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Markets appear to be increasingly converging with our forecast that the Bank of Japan will abolish its negative interest rate...
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The Bank of Japan left both short-term and long-term policy rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting. Amid a decline in global...
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Inflation will likely decelerate in 2024 as the impact of imported inflation wanes. We expect the Bank of Japan will...
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More market participants appear to have become confident that the wage-driven inflation is real, which will encourage the Bank of...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left short- and long-term policy rates unchanged at -0.1% and around 0%, respectively, at the...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained the policy rates at its September meeting, following a tweak in its yield curve...
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Despite today's (28th July) surprise tweak to YCC policy, we continue to believe that Governor Ueda is determined to avoid...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left short-term policy rates at -0.1% and long-term rates at around 0% at today's policy meeting. With...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left monetary policy unchanged at its first meeting under Governor Kazuo Ueda. Lower global yields...