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Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis
On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...
Core Inflation in Japan's Capital Stays Above BOJ Target in July
TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in July, data ...
Japan's Ishiba Says He'll Stay in Office to Tackle Inflation and US Tariffs Despite Election Loss
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising ...
Japan Trade Deal Means Less Inflation. Bonds Are Pricing It In.
So-called break-even inflation rates, which reflect the bond market’s expectations of how fast prices will rise, are at ...
Japan Inflation Eases, But BOJ Still Faces Policy Challenges
A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...
Japan's core inflation cools in June as expected, coming down from 29-month high as rice prices ease
The increase in rice prices slowed marginally to a 100.2% increase year over year, down from 101.7% in May.
Japan households' inflation expectations steady, on track to hit BOJ goal
Japanese households' inflation expectations held steady in the three months to June, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Monday, ...
How Japan's Election Outcome Muddles the BOJ's Policy Path
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep ...
BOJ sees trade deal as raising chance of meeting inflation goal
Japan's trade deal with the U.S. has reduced uncertainty surrounding the economy, the central bank's deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said, signaling optimism that conditions for resuming interest rate ...